Physical Object: Handkerchief box, with lid featuring birds and electric wire insulators
Discovery Museum and Planetarium (previously owned by)
circa 1880 (Date manufactured/created)
October 21 2009
October 21 2009
cardboard, wood, brass, paper
6.25 in H
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9.25 in W
Cardboard box with a wooden frame probably for trinkets or handkerchiefs, 1880s. The top of the box features an image of blue/green swallow or chimney swifts (birds) with fence wires attached to a wooden post along with white ceramic insulators. There are flowers along the bottom. Top is outlined in brass-toned paper with an embossed design. The sides of the box feature a Far East- influenced floral paper. The box is lined with a glazed paper with a punched lace trim around the inner edge. A sticker (called "scrap" in the Victorian era) of a peach has been adhered to the center of the inside of the top of the box.
A Gift of the Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
2003.009.094 A