Medium

European cedar

Dimensions

WOA 19; LOA 31 3/4; HOA 19 1/2

Accession Number

2174

Description

A Chest made of 6 boards 3/8″ thick with dovetailed corners. Battens are nailed on with hand wrought rose head nails. The handles are missing but the handle hinges are there. They are cast iron fastened with blunt wood screws. Strap iron lid hinges and hasps. Ochre paint, little of which is left except on the ends.

INSCRIPTION: Painted on back with black paint: Seaboard Gaston R.R. to Raleigh. 130 lbs. C. Peterson. Care of R.R. Agent at Portsmouth. High Point, N. Car.

Credit Line

Old Salem Collection