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Pillbox w/ string for frame

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1900-1910

GUSN

GUSN-14252

Description

Pillbox containing white bead string inside cardboard box (.2) w/ "I" shaped wood frame (.1).

Details

Descriptive Terms

frames (furnishings)
cardboard
string (fiber product)
Cardboard
String
FRAME

Inscription

Newburyport druggist label on box: ""Eben Bradbury""

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.5 (H), 1.375 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.258.3

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