Bentwood oval spice box, of Shaker style, straight cut laps attached with copper tacks and tiny nails. It is stamped in the center of the lid, and impressed in black. The maple sides are darkened with age, probably from an old stain or paint on the lid.
spice boxes
cookware
bentwood
copper (metal)
impressing
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
stamping (forming)
tacking
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Shaker (Christian sect)
Maple
Pine
Bentwood
Copper
Impressed
Tacked
Shaker
Stamped
Box, Spice
Impressed on the top, in the lid is: HINGHAM . On the remains of a printed label inside the box is: Mrs. Bertram/305 Warren/Brookline, Ma.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.1255
Unknown
2 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1255AB
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably
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