Oval pasteboard bandbox without lid and covered in diaper patterned paper with alternating between sprigs and interlaced medallion inside each lozenge. Printed in red and blue on an ungrounded paper. At the base of the box is a narrow stripe of another diaper patterned paper in white, gray and green.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
293
Unknown
United States
8 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mr. A. Stainforth
1918.1089
United States
Machine Printed
Bandbox
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Paper
diaper pattern
sprigs
medallions
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