Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coffin plate
Object Number:
INV.6577
Date:
1846
Medium:
Metal (possibly nickel silver)
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 6.7 x 11.4 cm )
Marks:
engraved: in script on coffin plate: "Pelitiah Stevens/Died Sept. 15. 1846;/Aged 79 Years."
Description:
Rectangular flat metal coffin plate with engraved inscription; hole punched at each end of plate to fasten plate to surface.
Gallery Label:
According to an inscription on the envelope, Pelitiah Stevens was probably the ancestor of Mrs. Mary (Stevens) Mann, wife of Levi Mann (born 1813) of Randolph, MA, and of Kappa, IL. The Manns were the grandparents of Miss Lillian E. Childs, daughter of Edwin and Mary A. (Mann) Childs, of El Paso, TX.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lillian Gibbs, March 6, 1952
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
