Description:
Rectangular wooden box with a lock at the front and a brass bail handle on the lid. The box is covered in black stained cowhide which is secured to the surface with brass tacks. Parts of the interior are lined with white paper, and the maker's label is affixed to the underside of the lid. The box retains its original key. Printed paper label in ink reads: "[image of saddle] NORMAND SMITH/ AT HIS MANUFACTORY, SIX RODS NORTH OF/ THE STATE HOUSE, MAKES AND KEEPS/ CONSTANTLY FOR SALE/ All kinds of the most elegrant saddles - Pla-/ted, Common, Russet and Black Bridles -/ Plated and Common Coach and Chaise Harnesses-/ English Collars- Horseman's Caps and Holsters - / Valices - Cartouch Boxes - Belts of all kinds -/ Swords and Pistols - A variety of Plated Portsmouth/ Bitts and Bradoons, of elegant patterns - do. Snaf-/fles-Plated Stirrup Irons.- Whips of all Kinds./ALSO - IRON BOUND TRAVELLING AND OTHER/TRUNKS./ A liberal discount to those who purchase by the/ quantity, and all favors gratefully acknowledged./Hartford, June 14th, 1804 O. STEELE, PRINTER" The maker's label has the printer's name on it - "O. Steele Printer" for Oliver Steele (1781-1826). He ran a weekly newspaper, The Connecticut Intelligencer, in Hartford, CT, from Mar. 17, 1804 to May 8, 1804. He then went to Danbury, CT, to be editor of the New England Republican in July 1804. He printed/published books in Hartford, including a version of Phyllis Wheatly's poems. He moved around during his career - spending time in Albany, NY, New Haven, CT, and eventually Savannah, GA. The Smith Saddlery still operates in Hartford as the Smith-Worthington Saddlery.
Subjects:
Leather; Brass Link to share this object record:
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