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Gilt-colored cast metal rectanguloid box with a scrolled, raised motif on edges. Sits on four bracket feet. Hinged lid is stepped with central scrolled vine motif. Inside, it is undecorated.
matchboxes
gilding
white metal
scrollwork
vines
Unidentified Metal
Gilded
Vine
Scrolled
Raised
MATCHBOX
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
1.75 x 3.5 x 2.375 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1829
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