Mahogany sewing box

Sewing box

Sewing box; Mahogany sewing box; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); a mahogany wood sewing box, most likely from the late 19th century, with ivory finials on the corners of each tier (12 total), ivory also used as a pull for one of the compartments, as well as circular cutouts for thread to pass through (8 total); the ivory pulled drawer is actually a mirror, which is hinged and is able to tilt upwards to be used, smaller drawer with single pull can be pulled out entirely, larger drawer with double pull can be pulled out entirely, pincushion sits atop the removable lid; objects inside the top compartment of the box (though most likely are not original to construction of box itself) include two skeins of thread (one blue and one red, with a sewing needle embedded in its packaging), beige thread that is not packaged, a thimble, assorted small pieces of thread, small white stones, very small thin strip of beaded fabric (two rows of beading), one yellow spool of thread, one pink spool of thread, one teal spool of thread, one light teal spool of thread, one red spool of thread, one lavender spool of thread, and two pieces of circular cut newspaper from after 1822; the drawer with the single pull contains 2 hooks (to be sewn onto clothing), a pin, a piece of thread, a needle, and an unknown object that is broken off at the thinnest part (looks as though it once connected to something else) and the other end looks as though it was once screwed into another part (the whole piece looks as though made out of bone, antler, or ivory); the bottom drawer with two pulls contains a piece of wood broken off of an unknown object.