Date Made

1775-1825

Medium

paper

Dimensions

HOA: 6 5/8″; LOA: 9 3/4″; WOA: 6 1/2″

Accession Number

297

Description

A very small oval shaped hatbox that is covered in a pink wallpaper design.

History

A popular type of storage box in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These boxes were often made at home using scraps of wallpaper that had been used in that particular house- making them important documents.

Credit Line

Old Salem Purchase Fund