Sand box used by Winfield Scott
name: label: associated person
content: Scott, Winfield
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sand box used by United States Army General Winfield Scott. The polished wood sand box, in a double bell or hourglass shape, is perforated at its top for the release of sand from a chamber within. This sand box may have been part of an inkstand set; by shaking sand on to wet ink, the writer could help it dry more quickly. Part of the General Edward D. Townsend collection of relics of the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Townsend was the principal executive officer of the US War Department during the Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: writing implements
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18978
label: catalog number
content: 18978
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sandbox
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm