Name/Title
Wooden Box with Ostby & Barton Co GuaranteeEntry/Object ID
2025.100.2Description
A wooden box with hand carved flowers on the top. Inside a thin printed piece of paper is glued to the bottom of the box. It is a guarantee for a ring made by the Ostby & Barton Company. It certifies the accompanying ring (not included) to be a cultured pearl set in sterling silver. The guarantee is stained and torn and one section of it is no longer attached. The box itself is in excellent condition.
Engelhart Cornelius Ostby and Nathan B. Barton founded the Ostby & Barton Company in Providence, RI in 1879 and quickly rose in fame and notoriety. Their "O-B" mark on jewelry was well known and respected.
Ostby and his daughter were both aboard the Titanic when it sank on April 15th, 1912. She survived aboard a lifeboat, but he perished on board the ship. Nevertheless the company with his name continued into the 1950s.
This box contains World War II Nurse Patch and Lieutenant Bar 2025.100.3Collection
General CollectionLocation
Location
* Untyped Location
Archives U1-D-3Category
PermanentDate
October 5, 2025Provenance
Provenance Detail
Found ObjectCreated By
Kearney, QuinlanCreate Date
October 5, 2025Updated By
Kearney, QuinlanUpdate Date
October 5, 2025
