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Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
1937.1237
Iron, paint
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Box w/lid: Be Firm For Adams
Title
Box w/lid: Be Firm For Adams
Object name
Campaign box
Date
1824
Medium
Silk, paper, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 2 5/8 x 5 x 3 5/8 in. ( 6.7 x 12.7 x 9.2 cm )
Description
Heavy cardboard campaign box with hinged lid, the lid has a painted velvet inscription, "BE FIRM/ FOR ADAMS" surrounded with a floral garland; gold foil paper around the sides embossed with daisies set in diamonds; when opened, inside the lid is a portrait of John Quincy Adams beneath a plate of glass, and there is a hole cut into a raised bottom, in which an object may have been set.
Credit Line
Gift of Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number
1946.190