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One of a set of round wood pantry boxes, painted a blackish-green with red-yellow block lettering in red frame. Fitted lid secured with copper nails. Stackable nest; part of incomplete set.
storage boxes
cookware
copper (metal)
nailing
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Painted
Nailed
Copper
Box, Food-storage
"Black Pepper" (Painted)
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.371.1A,B
Unknown
3 1/8 (H), 6 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.371.1AB
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