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Bentwood oval form with fitted lid constructed with two pointed laps: one pointing left, one pointing right that are painted dark green and deocrated in freehand with yellow geometric cartouches enclosing above inscription; the center of box is pressed with a coin slot for coins and the interior of box is lined at bottom with early 19th century printed paper.
boxes (containers)
bentwood
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Maple
Bentwood
Painted
Box
1. Freehand painted on cover: W.A. Adams/ Jan. 1st/ 1826 2. In pencil on the underside of the cover: ELLA/ LOUISA/ 1865
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
2 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.840
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