Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1830
GUSN-73268
Tn, green, blue, red; rectangular; compartmnts; slide lid; multi motifs
boxes (containers)
birch (wood)
painting (coating)
varnishing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
castles (fortifications)
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
fruit
seashell
Birch
Painted
Varnished
Flower
Fruit
Seashell
Bird
Castle
BOX, JEWELRY
In exhibit "Boxes: Open and Shut" at SPNEA's One Bowdoin Square Gallery May 15, 2001 to October 2001. The exhibit then traveled to Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA where objects were on display from November 2001 to May 6, 2002.
May, Mary Perrin, 1815-1877
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
May, Mary Perrin, 1815-1877 (Maker)
USA
2 x 8 x 4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3303
Title Sewing Box Accession Number 1969.3296
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
