Oval benwood form with fitted lid, two tapering laps (Harvard style: one pointed left, one pointing right), held with brass tacks; painted green.
storage boxes
cookware
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Maple
Pine
Painted
Shaker
Bentwood
Box, Food-storage
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.151A,B
Unknown
1 3/4 x 4 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.151AB
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