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Spice box

Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1790-1840

GUSN

GUSN-25056

Description

Oval bandbox w/ single overlapping finger seams on lid and base. Branded "MC" on top. Contains bags of cloves and cinnamon.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spice boxes
cookware
ash (wood)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Ash
Pine
BOX, SPICE

Inscription

See description.

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 x 6.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.309

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