Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1956.011.001 |
Object Name |
Box, Money |
Title |
Collection Box |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
Late-19th-century |
Made |
Stephens, George |
Place of Origin |
Desboro, Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
Description |
A collection box with a long wooden handle and velvet lining. See RELATED for its mate. |
Provenance |
Previously owned by Mrs. E. Engel of RR#3, Chatsworth, Ontario. She did not say how she came to have this collection box, but said that it had been hand-made out of wood by George Stephens and used at the Presbyterian Church at Desboro, Grey County. This church building was built in 1876. The interior suffered a fire in 1886, but we do not know if the collection box set survived that event, or if they were made afterwards. |
Collection |
Religious Collection |
Material |
Wood / Velvet / Finish / Metal / Glue |
Found |
Grey County, Ontario |
People |
Stephens, George |
Subjects |
Churches Money Presbyterian churches |
Search Terms |
Desboro Presbyterian Desboro Presbyterian Church |
Function |
A person would carry this in a church and reach in from an aisle into the pews so that members of the congregation could drop in a money offering. |