Box in the form of a miniature blanket chest. Pine, painted red with black-green trimming. Rectangular removable molded top above deep, plain sides with incised lines at top and bottom. Rests on carved bracket feet. Tiny wooden pegs running down back and front.
miniatures (toys)
blanket chests
case furniture
carving (processes)
incising
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
Carved
Incised
Box, Trinket
Initials ""H C"" painted on back. Paper label on bottom underside: ""LITTLE"".
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
3 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.240
Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
possibly
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