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Pipe box

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1725-1800

GUSN

GUSN-254993

Description

Open topped box with paddle-like backboard having a hole for hanging. Sideshave "s" shape chamfered cut-out at top. Front has 2 quarter-circle cut-outs forming "V" at top. Single drawer in base thumbnail molded on ends only, 2 dovetails at front, single at back. Case constructed with butted and nailed pine. Odd black stained finish and sloppy residue of white paint.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
pine (wood)
Box, Pipe

Associated Person

Thacher, Mary

Associated Building

Original To Winslow Crocker House (Yarmouth Port, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

222.1981

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

New England

Dimensions

21 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Guido Perera

Accession Number

1999.427

Date

1725-1800 (possibly)

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