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Rectangular box with dovetailed corners. Painted blue with black corners and decorated with white and yellow flowers. The sides of the base are ribbed. A black escutcheon is on the center front portion of the lid. The lid of the box is domed, hinged to the base, and has a c-shaped metal handle. The anterior of the box is unfinished.
boxes (containers)
pine (wood)
paint (coating)
metal
Box
Painted
Box
Unknown
8 3/4 x 18 5/8 x 11 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.956
1700-1730 (Early 18th Century)
Possibly Europe
Possibly Scandinavia (Europe) [general region]
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