Rounded Box with Lid, c. 1830s

Title:

Rounded Box with Lid, c. 1830s

Date:

1830

Description:

Rounded cardboard box with lid containing remnants of antimony, a substance used for medicinal purposes. Discovered during 2017-2018 investigations of an enslaved quarter in the Nathaniel Russell House kitchen house

Collection Title:

Nathaniel Russell House Museum Collection

Contributing Institution:

Historic Charleston Foundation

Media Type:

Objects

Topical Subject:

Medicine, African Americans, Antimony, Archaeological assemblages, Slaves--United States--1800-1860, and outbuildings--1800-1850

Geographic Subject:

Charleston (S.C.) and Nathaniel Russell House (Charleston, S.C.)

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C)

Shelving Locator:

KH2017.009.001

Date Digital:

2019-05-28

Digitization Specifications:

600dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Canon EOS 1500D. Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public Domain.

Access Information:

For more information contact Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC, 29401

Admin ID:

250026