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Box

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

GUSN

GUSN-171459

Description

Round wooden box with a rooster painted on the lid, contains twenty-six cork tops and a metal object.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
wood (plant material)
Box

Inscription

S.S. PIERCE / AND CO. / BOSTON (Found on one of the cork tops inside the box; possibly from a wine bottle)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/4 x 5 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2222AB

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