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Catalog Number |
C07.536 |
Title |
Lid of Medicine Chest |
Object Name |
Lid, chest |
Description |
Lid only of wooden chest; on lid is silverplated plaque engraved: "Medicine Chest/Gift of Revd Daniel Austin of Portsmouth, N.H./together with a Fund for replenishing it annually forever/To the Selectmen of Gosport, Isles of Shoals/for the use and benefit of the permanent residents/on said Isles & of persons who may be shipwrecked there/Subject to the direction of Wm. R. Preston, Trustee/Portsmouth Dec. 25, 1856/Put up by Wm. R. Preston, Apothecary, Ports., N.H.;" in small letters: "R. Gray, Esq." |
Date |
1885 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Dimensions |
W-19 L-31 D-0.75 inches |
Material |
walnut |
Place of Origin |
Portsmouth |
Provenance |
The chest to which this plate was originally attached was lost; this chest was made in 1885. See object folder. |
People |
Austin, Daniel, 1793-1877 Preston, William Rantoul, 1814-1879 |
Search Terms |
Isles of Shoals Gosport |
Subjects |
Chest Medicine |