Small round box with straight lap fastened with copper nails and wooden pegs; lined with silk brocade; contains needleworking items.
sewing boxes
maple (wood)
Container, Needlework
Box, Needlework
Box, Needlework
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.157A,B
Unknown
2 1/4 (H), 5 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.157AB
New Hampshire (United States)
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