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Trinket Box

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-2623

Description

A rectangular cotter-pen hinged lid on dovetail constructed box with molded foot; an arched wire loop pieces sit at front of the lid; red stained finish.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
pine (wood)
staining
Pine
Stained
Box, Trinket

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.842

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