boxes (containers)

19 artworks

Enameled container and lid with anti-slavery slogan

Unknown, 1770

Money box used by Bishop Richard Allen

American The Right Reverend Richard Allen, 1800

Money box used by Bishop Richard Allen

African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1816, 1800

Money box used by Bishop Richard Allen

Unknown, 1800

Money box used by Bishop Richard Allen

American Benjamin Tucker Tanner, 1800

Collection box of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society owned by Garrison family

American William Lloyd Garrison, 1830

Desk box and lid with weighted roller blotter

Unknown, 1830

Desk box and lid with weighted roller blotter

English Josiah Wedgwood, 1830

Collection box of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society owned by Garrison family

American George Thompson Garrison, 1830

Collection box of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society owned by Garrison family

Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society, American, 1833 - 1850s, 1830

Freedom papers and handmade tin carrying box belonging to Joseph Trammell

American Joseph Trammell, 1850

Tin box handmade and carried by Joseph Trammell to hold freedom papers

American Joseph Trammell, 1850

Freedom papers and handmade tin carrying box belonging to Joseph Trammell

Loudoun County Court, American, founded 1757, 1850

Pine box owned by Pvt. Marquis Peterson, Co. F, 55th Mass. Vol. Inf.

Unknown, 1890

Pine box owned by Pvt. Marquis Peterson, Co. F, 55th Mass. Vol. Inf.

American Marquis Peterson, 1890

Pine box owned by Pvt. Marquis Peterson, Co. F, 55th Mass. Vol. Inf.

55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, American, 1890

Box holding pin from the Philadelphia Cotillion Society for Mary Church Terrell

American Mary Church Terrell, 1900

Box holding pin from the Philadelphia Cotillion Society for Mary Church Terrell

Unknown, 1900

Wooden box that held tinned corned beef

Libby, McNeill, & Libby, U.S.A., American, 1910

Hinged wooden box owned by members of the Ellis family

Unknown, 1920

Cellulose nitrate powder box from dresser set owned by Lena Horne

French Agalin, 1930

Cellulose nitrate powder box from dresser set owned by Lena Horne

American Lena Horne, 1930

Green and gold makeup box from Mae's Millinery Shop

American Mae's Millinery Shop, 1940

Green and gold makeup box from Mae's Millinery Shop

American Mae Reeves, 1940