Document Box

Date1808-1830

Artist/Maker John Viney

MediumPine (deal); leather, brass, and paper

DimensionsOH: 5 1/4" OL: 13" OD: 8"

Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Katherine Langhorne Adams.

Object number1978-97

DescriptionRectangular box with hinged lid covered in leather with decorative brass tacks ornamenting top and front; top and edges of box outlined in brass tacks, top ornamented with incurving corners and scrollwork of brass tacks around brass round bail and rosette handle in center of lid; front has incurving lower corners of brass tacks and swag with "tassels" on front; brass pierced rococo escutcheon on front, center of box. Lined with marbled paper; paper printed maker's label in lid: "Trunks in Nests for Exportation. JOHN VINEY, 48 Cornhill."
MarkingsPrinted label inside lid: "Trunks in Nests for Exportation./ JOHN VINEY./, 48, Cornhill." with images of a trunk, portmanteau, fire bucket with initials "GR" and a document box.