Rectangular shaped varnished box. Pinned lid. Decoupaged lid with a "View of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton". The interior is lined with pink paper.
boxes (containers)
découpage (image making technique)
ink
paper (fiber product)
varnishing
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Decoupage
Varnished
BOX, TRINKET
On the box reads: View of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. An inscription on the bottom of the box in ink reads: Louise C. Rundlet from her (? [sister]) Caroline A. Ru. An additional inscription in ink and pencil is unreadable.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
1.875 x 4.063 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1612
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