Small book-shaped trinket box; figure of a woman on one side; "forget me not" and shield on back; foiled edges and gilded cardboard sides w/ glass top; woman in blue dress carrying basket of flowers.
boxes (containers)
foil (metal)
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
pastoral
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Foil
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Woman
Pastoral
BOX, TRINKET
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
0.5 x 1.75 x 2.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.444
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