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Wooden bandbox missing lid. Block-printed gothic arches and windows in gray with large flower clusters and foliage bordering windows on white ground. Inside lined with newspaper from Newburyport, MA, 1947. Evidence of attempted repair to bottom of box.
bandboxes (containers)
wood (plant material)
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
Bandbox
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
2001.312
2002.63.32ab
2001.281.32ab
Unknown
12 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.32
Block Printed
Bandbox
White
Original
Machine Made
Paper
floral
architectural
arches
gothic
Gothic Revival
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