A: Lid B: Top box C: Center box D: Base box Three rectangular boxes joined together in tiers, with sliding cover, each carved from solid wood, chip-carved, painted solid green and decorated in two other colors. (See accession file for more detailed description.)
boxes (containers)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Carved
Painted
BOX
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.278
Unknown
8 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.278A-D
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