Skip to main content
Image Not Available for Hat Box
Hat Box
Image Not Available for Hat Box

Hat Box

Dateabout 1947
MediumPrinted paper mounted on cardboard with cord handle and metal grommets
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 6 1/2 x 11 1/4in. (16.5 x 28.6cm)
Credit LineGift of Theresa R. Shapleigh
DescriptionSmall round two-piece hatbox consisting of taupe colored box with lid secured with a twisted cord in Connecticut blue. Printed on the lid in blue ink is: "100 Years / G. FOX & CO. / HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT / A CENTURY OF CONNECTICUT LIVING / 1847 -1947" with an image of the G. Fox department store in Hartford; printed in gray ink around rim of lid: "G. Fox & Co. 100 Years in Connecticut".
Object number1993.35.2a,b
MarkingsMarked on lid in blue ink: "100 Years / G. FOX & CO. / HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT / A CENTURY OF CONNECTICUT LIVING / 1847 -1947" and printed in gray ink around rim of lid: "G. Fox & Co. 100 Years in Connecticut"
Collections
  • G. Fox & Co.
On View
Not on view