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Bandbox with lid and cord handle; Bandbox [A] block printed wallpaper depicting bird hunting scene with men on horseback and hunting dogs. Block-printed in pink, white, red and glazed green on blue ground. Lid [B]: block printed wallpaper depicting sailing scene with mountains in the background on blue ground. Block printed floral motif paper frames lid. Lid was made for bandbox.
bandboxes (containers)
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
cord (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
"Al Fresco Lunch/1830"
"M" (Circled "M")
"M" (Circled "M")
"13" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
2001.282
2002.63.2ab
Unknown
United States
10 11/16 x 16 11/16 x 16 1/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.2AB
Title Bandbox Accession Number 2001.281.3AB
Title Bandbox Accession Number 2001.281.4AB
Title Bandbox paper Accession Number 2001.281.575
Block Printed
Bandbox
Blue
Original
Handmade
Paper
Scenic
Floral
animals
people
hunting
sailing
mountains
landscape
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