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Letter Box

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-2626

Description

A square topless box compiled of the leather binding of two books entitled EPISTOLARIUM B. PAULI volume 6 and EPISTOLARIUM B. PAULI volume 1; it is lined with marbelized paper while the book spines are lined with gold lettering and decorative bands and devices.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mailboxes
leather
paper (fiber product)
Leather
Unidentified Paper
Box, Letter

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 1/8 x 6 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.845

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