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1800-1833
GUSN-12250
Rectangular tin box, painted black, with a hinged lid with a beaded edge. The front center of the box has a circular brass keyhole. The center of the lid has a brass C-shaped moveable handle. The box has gold painted bands highlighting the edges. Thin red and gold lines form a rectangle on the center of the lid. Inside it is painted black. A key is attached to the handle by string.
document containers
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
brass (alloy)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
stripes
banding
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
geometric patterns
Tin
Brass
Painted
Beaded
Geometric
Stripe
BOX, DOCUMENT
Attached to the handle is a key on a string with a paper note reading: key to small box.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
4 x 20.625 x 7.375 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1536
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