(a) A small, deep rectangular wooden box of five-piece construction; the bottom is flat and the sides are fastened together with square finger joints; a top (b) slides on top of the box bottom; this is a flat piece of wood with grooved edges made to secure lid on box; a small moon-shaped finger griā¦
(a) A small, deep rectangular wooden box of five-piece construction; the bottom is flat and the sides are fastened together with square finger joints; a top (b) slides on top of the box bottom; this is a flat piece of wood with grooved edges made to secure lid on box; a small moon-shaped finger grip is etched on top of lid
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - box bottom - Size: Length 7.4 cm x Width 3.6 cm x Depth 3.2 cm.
b - box lid - Size: Length 7.1 cm x Width 3.1 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
Provenance
Used by either Dr. C.H. Bird or by Dr. H. Godfrey Bird of Gananoque, Ontario
Dates
1896
circa 1896
Date Remarks
Marks start of Bird medical practice
Material
wood: brown
Inscriptions
(a) Written in pencil on side of box are the words, "glass syringe"; a signature is also on the box which reads, "JB [illeg.]"; also written in pencil on top of box lid are the words, "glass syringe" with illegible initials