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Rectangular black lacquer case in two parts, the cover sliding over the bottom. The cover is divided horizontally in half with the top half caned wicker and the bottom half with a hand-painted carp motif and a gilded leaf decoration, on both the front and back side. The lower half of the case is undecorated.
eyeglass cases
accessories
gilding
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
lacquering
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
wicker
figure- and animal-derived motifs
carp
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Wicker
Painted
Carp
Leaf
Gilded
Lacquered
CASE, EYEGLASSES
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
4.875 x 3 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1834
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