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Trinket box

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-25392

Description

Hinged, round trinket box w/ fine ribbed carving throughout.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
metal
tortoise shell
Shell
Unidentified Metal
BOX, TRINKET

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1.125 x 2.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1985.563

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