Lewis Kemp Mattingly's trunk

Object/Artifact

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2016.007.0001

Description

1 large wooden trunk 28" long, 16 1/2"h that domes upward to 17 3/4", 15 5/8" wide with the lid being 5 3/4" high. The straps are 1 3/4" wide. There are 2 hinges in back, 2 latches in front and a key lock in the center front. The spaces between the wooden straps were decorated with sheets of pressed tin in an elaborate pattern, but many of the sheets are gone. The interior of the trunk no longer has a tray. It is lined in a light colored paper with a small figure. Mud-dauber wasps made their home in a corner of the lid at one time. A label on one narrow end says "Kemp Mattingly Abell's P.O. St. Mary's Co. Md." Mr. Mattingly had a store in Abell.

Collection

Sinchak Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1840 - 1920

Dimensions

Height

17-3/4 in

Width

15-5/8 in

Length

28 in

Location

Wall

West wall

Room

Parlor

Building

Tudor Hall

Container

St. Joseph Welfare Club, Inc. Minute Book Box

Shelf

Rack 07, Shelf 1

Rack

Rack 07

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mattingly, Lewis K.