Pasteboard bandbox with lid. Box [A] and lid [B] covered with a roller-printed floral wallpaper with criss-crossing grapevines, ivy and large flowers on tan ground. Lid rim is covered with a white, block-printed floral pattern wallpaper with polished ground, circa 1850. Lid interior lined with newspaper advertisement.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
"Moltups banner" (Additional text illegible, crossed out. Moltups?)
"Lieut. F.P.H. Rogers / 16th Regt. Massachusetts volunteer / Camp Hamilton / Old Point Comfort / Va" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
8 3/4 x 10 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.19AB
1860-1865 (Lid rim wallpaper circa 1850.)
Machine Printed
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Paper
Floral
Grape Vine
Ivy
Tulip
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