Box

Dateca. 1835

Artist/Maker Sarah Josepha Hale (b. 1820)

MediumPainted wood

DimensionsOH: 3 1/2"; OW: 11 1/2"; OD: 8 3/8" (OH: 8.89 cm; OW: 29.21 cm; OD: 21.27 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Effie Thixton Arthur

Object number1979.708.7

DescriptionRectangular wooden box, nailed construction, top hinged with two metal hinges. The box is painted blue-grey with floral design in white, gold, green, red and blue. Center of top and front is painted with a diamond shaped motif. Top has flowers painted around the diamond motif and in corners as well as a dark band outlinding top. Front and sides outlined with gold bands around edges and creating quarter "fans" in corners.
InscribedWritten in pencil inside cover: "Painted by Sarah Josepha Hale at Miss Seton's School Cornish, N.H.".