One light tin box, painted dark brown, there are tin handles on either side. The lid has part of white paper with stamp orphan's home and written in the center papers; the inside of the box is unpainted.
Made/Created
Date made
1885
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
"Orphan’s Home// Ottawa"
Notes
Painted across the front of the box in cream / gold paint.
Transcription
"Old Papers" and then a 2 in a circle and a 31 in a circle.
Notes
Written on the paper label attached to the lid of the box.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Box, Storage
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Box
Nomenclature Class
Containers
Nomenclature Category
Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects