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1860-1880
GUSN-18255
Small mahogany box, paper print lining inside and desk remnants inc. jet pen nib and stamp and sealing wax. Image in top lining ("The Child Sorrow") of woman and 2 children in farmhouse setting, cottage and windmill in background, two goats near children. Inlaid piece on top of box, lock in front.
boxes (containers)
mahogany (wood)
paper (fiber product)
farms
windmills
Mahogany
Unidentified Paper
Farm
Windmill
BOX
Stamped on top, center: ""Fisher/ 56 Chesnut St./ PHILADE..""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Fisher (Maker)
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2.75 x 8.5 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2345
Pennsylvania (United States)
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