Oval bentwood form with fitted cover, with single lap on cover and base pointing in opposite directions. All painted green. Top embellished in initials in gold and black.
spice boxes
cookware
bentwood
pine (wood)
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
maple (wood)
Shaker (Christian sect)
pine (wood)
Pine
Bentwood
Painted
Shaker
Maple
Box, Spice
Paint in gold and black at cover - top: MME Pencil at underside of cover: [illegible inscription]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.376A,B
Unknown
2 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.376AB
Massachusetts (United States)
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