Oval Shaker-style tinket box (B) with pointed laps. The ground is painted yellow with a black stylized floral decoration on the lid (B)and black splashes to the sides. It is a maple box with the lid possibly made from ash. There are also some wooden pegs, copper tacks and other metal tacks.
boxes (containers)
ash (wood)
bentwood
copper (metal)
maple (wood)
metal
painting (coating)
floral patterns
maple (wood)
Ash
Copper
Unidentified Metal
Bentwood
Painted
Floral
Maple
BOX, TRINKET
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.1491A
1991.1491B
Unknown
2 1/8 x 6 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1491AB
Title Trinket Box Lid Accession Number 1991.1491A
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