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Three-part round box. A - Cover: flat fitted with vinegar-grained top; straight lap rim painted yellow with black pinstripes; over a second cover-tray. B - Cover-tray: straight lap secured with tacks; painted yellow with black pinstripes. C - Box: deep with straight laps painted yellow with black pinstripes at base.
boxes (containers)
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maple (wood)
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BOX
In red crayon under cover: E.L.D. In pencil under cover: Sarah Jane Raser from [ ] N.J.[?] 1839 In chalk under cover: Arthur Bonner/Florham[?] Park/NJ
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.368
Unknown
6.5 (H), 11.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.368A-C
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