Toothpick box
about 1793
Object Place for LabelBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueIvory, gold or copper, glass
DimensionsOverall: 8.8 x 2.2 cm (3 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss E. E. P. Holland in the name of Hannah Dawes
Accession number13.573
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Provenancebox is engraved, possibly later, on back "Benjamin Goldthwait to his sweetheart Hannah Dawes A.D. 1792-3"; this is in reference to Benjamin Goldthwait and Hannah Dawes of Boston, who were married October 8, 1793; 1913, gift of Miss E.P. Holland, who gave several small articles related to Hannah Dawes (Accession Date May 1, 1913).
about 1830–60
about 1777
15th century
mid-17th century
16th century
18th century (?)
