Veneered plate storage box, for finished plates

Veneered plate storage box, for finished plates

Equipment

Alphonse Giroux

Maker
French, ca. 1775–1848

Veneered plate storage box, for finished plates

1839
Mahogany veneer and wood
Overall (closed): 9 7/16 × 7 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (24 × 18.7 × 16 cm)
Overall (box): 8 × 7 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (20.3 × 18.7 × 16 cm)
Overall (lid): 1 15/16 × 7 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (5 × 18.7 × 16 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1978.1631.0008
DescriptionBox for full-plate daguerreotypes, holds up to 24 plates. Veneered plate box for Giroux Daguerreotype camera.
Inscriptions Stamped in wood, box front, TC: 1
Stamped in wood, box front, TR: G.CROMER
Stamped in wood, box front, TR: [in oval shape] COLLECTION \ G.CROMER
Stamped in wood, lid front, RC: G.CROMER
Inscribed in pencil, inside lid, back, R: 18
Inscribed in pencil, inside box, front, R: 18
Inscribed in pencil, label applied inside lid, front, C: 12-19 \ [illegible]

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