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Long narrow pine box, painted black, covered with leather (for sharpening) on one side and both ends; sliding cover with thumb hole; interior unfinished, carved to fit razors.
boxes (containers)
leather
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Leather
Painted
BOX, SHAVING
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
1.5 x 2 x 14 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.232
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