Desk box and lid with weighted roller blotter
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Designed by
content: Josiah Wedgwood, English, 1730 - 1795
notes: label: Description
content: Cast iron desk box, holding a weighted roller blotter. The box bears an embossed representation of a man kneeling in chains, a famous design by Josiah Wedgewood for the English & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. The single word "HUMANITY" appears below the figure and a raised, decorative border is around the edge. The box contains a brass topped iron piece with a slightly curved bottom.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Movement
content: Anti-slavery movements
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: boxes (containers)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cast iron with brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a-c): 3 × 3 1/2 × 5 5/16 in. (7.6 × 8.9 × 13.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (lid): 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (1.3 x 8.9 x 14 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (box): 2 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 5 in. (7 x 8.6 x 12.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (roller blotter): 1 1/2 x 3 x 4 1/2 in. (3.8 x 7.6 x 11.4 cm)