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Small rectangular alabaster box w/ pierced sides (quatrefoil grill); solid fitted top inlaid w/ pink mother-of-pearl flowers w/ black (onyx?) stems.
boxes (containers)
abalone shell
alabaster (mineral)
inlay (process)
onyx (mineral)
piercing
staining
Alabaster
Abalone
Onyx
Stained
Pierced
Inlaid
BOX, TRINKET
Printed on label on bottom: ""MADE IN/ INDIA""
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
1.125 x 1.563 x 2.063 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.379AB
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