Mauchline Ware Stamp Holder- Profile House

Art

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0014.0005

Description

Item is a light-colored wooden souvenir chest featuring a black drawing labeled, "Profile House." The item is a piece of Mauchline ware. The image features a large multi-part building with many dormers and gables. There are several people out front of it and many hills in the background. The chest secures has a long decorative metal hinge on the back. The inside is wooden and divided into two postage stamp sized compartments.

Artwork Details

Medium

Metal, Wood, Varnish

Collection

Bailey Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2013.0014

Source or Donor

Mrs. Joanne Bailey

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Role

Artist

Date made

1853 - 1933

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Box, Trinket

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Box, Accessory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tourism, Gables, Dormers, Boxes, Resorts, People, Chests, Hotels, Mountains, Souvenirs

Search Terms

Profile House (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Franconia Notch (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley)

Dimensions

Height

1-1/2 in

Width

3 in

Depth

2 in

Condition

Notes

Some cracking of shellac and other slight imperfections throughout.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Bolduc, Lindsay Status Date: 2013-08-15 Scan ID#: WM201300568; WM201300569; WM201300570 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT