Bandbox

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Bandbox

Entry/Object ID

SS.63.218 a-b

Description

Bandbox, tall, oval: made of thin wood, covered externally with bandbox paper, internally lined with newspaper; on yellow ground, in dark green, with touches of beige, white, brown, scene of Napoleon Bonaparte, hand in coat, facing, across a fallen log a uniformed soldier with musket; matching cover pattern; inside edge of lid bears floral pattern in pink, green, white, on yellow. Cover lined with newspapers of 1825, 1826, 1830, the latter of March 5, 1830, the Keene (N. H.) Sentinel (which listed local Republican slate); bottom of box lined with newspapers giving shipping news from a R.I. paper of 1797, 1798; printed paper label pasted in cover reads: "Warrented/Nailed/Band Boxes,/Made by/Hannah Davis/Jaffrey"; "Miss Wheeler" written several times in pencil.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Hannah Davis

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1830

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.63.218 A-B
SS.63.218a-b

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

13 in

Width

13 in

Length

15-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 13 x 13 x 15 3/4 in. (33 x 33 x 40 cm)

Material

Paper (bandbox), Newspaper, Spruce, Nails, Pine

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Box lid especially has a great deal of peeling and tearing of paper covering; losses to paper covering overall especially around top edge; hole in body of box, probably a knot in wooden box body.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Napoleon Bonaparte

Notes

Subject

Related Entries

Notes

SS.63.200 a-b - Bandbox - Related

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Sunnyside, Rear Guest Bedroom