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Paint-decorated Oval Wooden Box

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1820-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2131

Description

Oval wooden box with straight lap, painted mustard yellow; fitted cover with tapered lap, decorated with floral spray in green, red and pink.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
ash (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
floral patterns
pine (wood)
Pine
Ash
Painted
Spray
BOX

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.142A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12 x 15 1/4 x 9 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.142AB

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