Container
date: label: date made
content: 1840 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Tall, square, lidded box or container painted flat red with the back-slanted serif initials "J.F.S." above three dots, all in blue outlined with white on front; no handle. Two-piece, flat lid has a wire-rolled rim, scrolled hasp lock, and one hinge. Two-piece box has a flat bottom and a plain top edge with a square bead soldered below on front and sides. Tinned interior. Area above initials with faint black printing "JOHN F. SHE[P]ARD / E[XE]TER, N.H." in italicized, sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: Individual needs to be researched. There is a John F. Shepard living in Hampton Falls, NH (same county as Exeter) in the late 19th century who held several patents.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Exeter
label: place used
content: United States: New Hampshire, Exeter
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.238049.0077
label: catalog number
content: 238049.0077
label: accession number
content: 238049
objectType: label: Object Name
content: container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rim material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 24.765 cm x 11.43 cm x 10.795 cm