Ditty Box with Thermoplastic Lid
date: label: Date made
content: 1861-1865
label: Date made
content: Civil War
notes: label: Description
content: A ditty box (or bag) is a receptacle for odds and ends. The decorative thermoplastic lid on this wooden ditty box is probably a mixture of shellac and sawdust, reflecting the 1854 patent issued to Samuel Peck of New Haven in 1854. The image—two cannons, piles of cannon balls, an anchor, and a flag—refers to the Civil War.
label: Description
content: Ref: Samuel Peck, “Making Photographic Picture Cases,” U.S. Patent 11758 (Oct. 3, 1854).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0626.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0626.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ditty Box
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 88 mm x 121 mm x 121 mm; 3 7/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 8.255 cm x 12.3825 cm x 12.065 cm