SEAL FROM NECESSAIRE

Creator(s): Jos. SauerWein & Company (Retailer)

Currently in storage

About this object

The compartment at the right has one large and three small sections, the former having a boule cover, is empty. The three small compartment were for the sandbox, an inkwell, a silver seal and an ivory jar. The seal has a wooden handle with the boule design. It attached to the silver seal which is channelled on the sides. The bottom is cut.

Object name:

SEAL FROM NECESSAIRE

Made from:

Wood -- silver

Made in:

Austria

Date made:

1845

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

34.21.26

Class:

WOOD

Signature marks:

MONOGRAM on bottom: nine pointed crown over ABE in Gothic script

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973