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Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B) covered in paper. The paper on the body of the box depicts a pierced basket filled with a spray of flowers. Above is a festoon and drapery attaches to the handles. On the lid is a garden scene with a woman giving offerings to a cupid statue. Around the band of the lid is a pink and green border with stripes, cirles and the guilloche pattern. Printed in pink, red, varnish green and white on a blue ground.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
1907
Unknown
United States
9 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Accession
1980.93AB
United States
Block Printed
Bandbox
Blue
Original
Handmade
Paper
baskete
floral spray
festoon
drapery
bows
lattice
cupid
column
balustrade
woman
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