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Pantry Box

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-2139

Description

Shaker-style, oval, covered, one finger (pointing left) on box, one finger (pointing right) on cover, machine made tacks; painted blue (shows green under cover).

Details

Descriptive Terms

storage boxes
cookware
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
bentwood
Painted
Shaker
Bentwood
Wood
Box, Food-storage

Inscription

Embossed on cover: ""C M""

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

1991.150A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 3/4 x 6 x 4 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.150AB

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