Box lid

Object/Artifact

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Box lid

Entry/Object ID

2005.03.01a

Description

Box lid of chocolate box. Inscription on bottom reads: "Manufactured by Artstyle Chocolates Company/St. Louis, Boston/USA." Poem printed on paper on top of lid reads: "WITH LOVE TO MOTHER / I think of you, my mother dear of all your gentle way / Your courage and unfailing cheer which love alone repays / Remembering your kindly voice, your heart so warm and true / My own heart sings, and I rejoice to know that I have you." Illustration printed on paper of garden scene with a swan and trees. Box lid in shape of picture frame with green boarder and gold detail framing insert. Picture frame theme reinforced by picture frame with a hole for hanging on inside of lid. Poem was hung up after chocolates were eaten.

Collection

Home accessories Collection

Cataloged By

Lay, Katrina

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Box

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Boxes

Dimensions

Height

14.4 cm

Width

10 cm

Length

14.4 cm

Material

Metal, Paper

Location

Shelf

Shelf 58

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Date

November 7, 2023

Location

Shelf

50, 50

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Moved By

Whit, Elizabeth

Date

August 18, 2017

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Cotter, Ellen Status Date: 2022-02-17

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 10, 2005

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

November 11, 2023