Ditty box made by Fred and Sallie Smith

ditty box

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - BOXES
marad; scrimshaw
Smith, Frederick H. (Capt.); Smith, Sarah G.
1877-12
whalebone; wood (beech)
6-1/2 x 8-5/8 in.

Oval ditty box with inlaid lid of woods, bone, baleen and horn. Gold charm at center of lid. Made by Capt. Frederick H. Smith and his wife Sallie (Sarah G.) Smith aboard the whaling bark OHIO, December 1877.

1941.399