Object Details
Maker
Unknown
Date
ca. 1846
Geography
Unknown
Culture
Unknown
Medium
wood
Dimensions
Overall: 3 in x 9 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 23.495 cm x 8.255 cm
Provenance
Christmas present from Dolly Madison to Col. Jonathan Bayard Smith
Inscriptions
Together with a note reading, "This box was a Christmas present from Mrs. Madison to J. Bayard H. Smith about the year 1846 (signed) Henrietta E. Smith"
Credit Line
On loan from Miss Alice Harrison-Smith Warwick
Collection
The Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Accession Number
RR-L1966.0091