Pasteboard bandbox with lid. Box [A] is covered with a block-printed wallpaper depicting two lively squirrels on light blue ground. Lid [B] is covered with wallpaper depicting an urban street scene with tall buildings, stores, and men with horse and carriage.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
"M" (Letter is circled.)
"M" (Letter is circled)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
12 13/16 x 18 1/8 x 15 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.20AB
Title Bandbox Accession Number 1931.998b
Title Paper Flowers Accession Number 2001.281.45
Block Printed
Lt. Blue
Original
Handmade
Wove
Paper
Squirrels
Animals
Street Scene
People
Horse and Carriage
Urban
City
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