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1770-1800
GUSN-25565
Trunk. Hide, pine, wrought iron. Lined with pages from "The Safety & Perpetuity of the British State" (no date). Rectangular form with domed hinged lid. Pine carcass covered with hide. Leather strapwork and brass studding at edges. No labels. Squared wrought iron handles on sides.
trunks (containers)
accessories
case furniture
hide (collagenous material)
iron (metal)
pine (wood)
wrought
pine (wood)
Hide
Pine
Iron
Wrought
TRUNK
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
15 1/3 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.74
1770-1800 (Possibly)
Massachusetts (United States)
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