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Oval, bentwood box with fitted cover and two pointedd finger laps held by iron nails; painted light blue, top carved with leafy tulip design and inscription; leafy scrolls incised around one side of cover band.
boxes (containers)
ash (wood)
bentwood
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Ash
Pine
Bentwood
BOX
Incised/carved on box top: ""M M"" and date ""1747"".
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.234A,B
Unknown
2 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.234AB
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