Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Box, Needlework |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.00358 |
Description |
This work box is shaped to appear to be a book. It is made of pine with a dark stain and a spine that slides away from the body to reveal an inner drawer with three compartments. |
Dimensions |
H-9.5 W-7 L-2.5 inches |
Owned |
owner/user unknown |
Event |
Battle of First Manassas / First Bull Run |
Provenance |
Work box made the day after the battle of First Manassas from a piece of a blown-up and/or captured Federal caisson. "Work-box, repressenting a book. Made the day after the battle of Manassas from a piece of a blown-up caisson belonging to the enemy, Sunday, July 21, 1861." (1905 Catalog) |
Search Terms |
Battle of First Manassas / First Bull Run |
Subjects |
souvenirs |