Bandbox

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1833-1845

GUSN

GUSN-176876

Description

Bandbox (A) with lid (B). Lid: Scene of lively squirrels. One has an acorn and the other, on all fours, wants it. Box: Scene of a stag hunt. Stag is leaping through a forest with dogs nipping at its heels. Maker's label on lid interior [see Inscriptions].

Details

Descriptive Terms

bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox

Inscription

"From/ S.M. Hurlbert's/ Paste Board Band Box Manufactory,/ No. 25 Court Street, Boston." (On underside of lid)
"W.P. 650 H.B. 51" (Applied)

Additional Identification Number

572

Maker

S.M. Hurlbert (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Boston

Dimensions

12 1/2 x 19 x 14 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1931.998AB

Reference Notes

Lilian Baker Carlisle, "Hat Boxes and Bandboxes at Shelburne Museum," pg. 33 Lynn, Pg. 298, fig. 13-7.

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Related Items

Title Bandbox Accession Number 2001.281.20AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Block Printed

Form

Bandbox

State

Original

Type

Handmade

Type

Handmade

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