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Object Name |
Etui |
Catalog Number |
1985.045.00005 |
Date |
ca. 1850-1860 |
Description |
Leather covered mess kit hinged cylinder with silver cup insert and purple velvet slotted holder for untensils; lid stamped "W"; brass hinge (detached from lid); utencils include: folding fork, folding spoon, small spoon, bone cylindrical container with screw lid marked "Pepper", retractable toothpick, combination knife and cork screw with bone handle. |
Dimensions |
H-5.5 Dia-3 inches |
Owned |
Varina Banks Howell Davis; William Davis Hayes; Margaret Kempe Howell |
Provenance |
This etui was once the property of Varina Davis; she gave it to her grandson, William Davis Hayes. Inscription on the pepper shaker in black ink: "From Bonnie (Mrs. Jefferson Davis) / to / Billy (Wm D Hayes) / great grand mother Howell / Margret Louisa Kempe Died 1867 / wife of / Wm B[ ? ] Howell / Solid Silver" |
People |
Davis, Varina Banks Howell [Mrs. Jefferson] Howell, Varina Banks Hayes, William Davis Howell, Margaret Louisa Kemp |
Subjects |
gifts children boys women |