John Quincy Adams: Unique Makeup Box, Similar to the Familiar Sewing Kits. ...

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John Quincy Adams: Unique Makeup Box, Similar to the Familiar Sewing Kits. Undoubtedly by the same maker as the sewing kits, it also has a hinged lid with the candidate's portrait under glass on the underside of the lid. On the top of the lid, the flags and slogan are printed in color on velvet-like material, surrounded by an embossed paper border. However, on the sewing boxes, the surface is convex over padding to create a pin cushion. This left the design vulnerable to wear, and so the sewing boxes tend to be found with the all-important decoration in worn, often barely decipherable, condition. This makeup box is in beautiful condition, surely the finest known example of this family of early campaign boxes. The sewing box version was made for both Jackson and Adams, and this fact, combined with the slogan, clearly identifies this as 1828 campaign issue. 5" x 3.625", with a height of 2.65". Original contents included.