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1800-1899
GUSN-12445
Rectangular box with tacked joins. Front side has a branded or incised mark of a black eagle holding a banner. The inside lip has an indented flange for the lid to slide open and shut.
soap boxes
incising
pine (wood)
tacking
Box
Box
The banner reads: WINCHESTERS ROSE SOAP. On the box in black is a diamond and two initials: ""L"" (could be the British pound symbol too) and a ""D"".
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Winchesters (Maker)
USA
4 x 9 3/4 x 5 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1600
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