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Spice box

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

ca. 1800

GUSN

GUSN-25140

Description

Circular wood spice box w/ vertical nailed seams. Marked "MS" on bottom. Probably not original top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

spice boxes
cookware
pine (wood)
wood (plant material)
pine (wood)
Pine
BOX, SPICE

Inscription

See description.

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.875 x 17.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1985.204

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