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Box top

Date

ca. 1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-171991

Description

Cardboard box top; covered with white embossed paper; gilt corner edges; rectangular yellow label

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
Box

Inscription

"Haddock, Lincoln & Foss / Importers of / watches and jewelry, / Corner of Court & Washington St.s / Boston."

Maker

Haddock, Lincoln & Foss (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, New England

Dimensions

1/2 x 3 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Louis Cutter, Henry S. G. Cutter and Helen Maclennan

Accession Number

1998.5840

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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