Box containing hair
Name/Title
Box containing hairEntry/Object ID
SS.78.18 a-oDescription
Box with lid containing envelopes of hair: box consists of cardboard covered with embossed white paper in an alternating acanthus leaf and tulip-like flower pattern trimmed with embossed gilded paper; outside bottom covered with dark blue paper; lid composed of watercolored lithograph of female harvester in peasant costume holding a sheath of wheat entitled "LA GLANEUSE", cardboard, gilt paper forming frame around print with shell motifs in corners and glass covering print; mirror once attached to inside of lid, now inside of box along with a broken piece of glass trimmed in part with gilded paper; locks of hair in packets with inscriptions in pencil and ink: "My dear grandfather/J.O. Hoffman," "Richard S. Molony/Washington 1852," "R.S. Molony." "W.P. Molony," "Anne Hoffman Moloney/Belvidre/Jan.27th 1843," "Matilda Nicholas Stockbridge," "Elisa Storrs," "George/Hoffman/1831," "Roby/years/21." the box also contains two cards - one a slip of paper bearing Burmese script and a card bearing similar script and "Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear/much fruit. john 15:8/Moung Shwa Young."Collection
Sunnyside Object CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerDate made
1834 - 1867Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
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Other Numbers
SS.78.18 A-O
SS.78.18