60.82.141 a,b

Box, Trinket

1910 Approximate

(a) Box. Material: paper, shell. (a) Box. Size: 4 1/2" W. x 6" L. x 2" H. Description: blue cardboard box - diamond shaped - multicolored seashells glued to gold colored cardboard exterior. (b) Lid. Material: paper, shell, textile. Size: 4 1/2" W. x 6" L. x 3/4" H. Description: gold cardboard lined with blue cardboard - multicolored seashells glued to top and sides - blue silk top center cushion. Contents:#60.82.145: seashell collection consisting of 19 tiny shells.

Contents: #60.82.143 a-I: all-occasion paper greeting cards transferred to paper artifact file; #60.82.145 seashell collection deaccessioned. Note from donor: "Shell box belonged to their mother, possibly 1890s, she was born in 1867."