Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Firkin and Lid

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American Art

Firkin and Lid

Made in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

1800-1850

Made by Cotton Hersey, American (Hingham, Massachusetts), 1792 - 1881

Pine
2 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches (6 x 6 cm)

* Gallery 113, American Art, first floor (Newman Gallery)

1963-160-62a,b

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Zieget, 1963

Label

Inscribed in ink on bottom: This is for Dorothy Durgin ... Elijah Brown

Written on enclosed cardboard disk that fits into lid: Given to Edna on her 13th birthday by her friend D. A. Durgin

Inscribed on top of lid: C. H.

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