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Document Box

Date

1750-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2468

Description

A painted box with a moveable brass handle on the domed top. The box has worked sheet tin with rolled edges. The floral motif is painted in yellow, black and gray. It has an unpainted bottom and a locking hasp.

Details

Descriptive Terms

document containers
brass (alloy)
painting (coating)
sheet metal
tin (metal)
floral patterns
Painted
Floral
Brass
Tin
BOX, DOCUMENT

Inscription

On a circular paper label on the bottom, it reads: 2019 15.00 .

Associated Building

Used At Seadunes Farm,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6.5 x 9.5 x 5.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.493

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