Trinket Box
Decorative wood box made to look like a book, made ca. 1842. Measures 6″ x 4″ x 1 3/4″. “Miss Caroline M. Carleton” written in a medallion on cover, and “Ellie Atwood” written on the “spine.”
On the inside the cover:
To Miss Caroline M. Carleton,
Grace will compete what grace begins to keep from sorrows and from sins. The works that wisdom undertakes eternal mercy ne’er forsakes.
Yours in Love, Elijah O. Lowell Orange N. H. 1842
Caroline Carleton: 1821-1911
Elijah Osborn Lowell: (1823-1873)
Ellie Atwood: ?
For more info on the family, visit the online exhibit: The Atwood-Carlton-Millett Family