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Circular pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B) covered in paper. Paper has a striped pattern of a stiff, foliated, floral vine and a worm-like, thin stripe with ovals. Pindots in the background. Printed in white and two blues on a white ground. On the lid band is a border with green leaves and stripes.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
589
Unknown
United States
10 1/4 (H), 14 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. John McGann
1935.1326AB
1835-1840 (1837 newspaper lining)
United States
Block Printed
Bandbox
White
Original
Handmade
Paper
stipes
floral vine
ovals
pindots
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