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Paint-decorated poplar domed-top box with patriotic decoration painted in golden yellow and black. On the top is centered an eagle with on an olive branch holding a ribbon in its beak that reads "We are one" written in a decorative oval and with corner fans. The front has spikey trees upon which the initials "LB" are formed with brass tacks, below the inscribed legend "Chester Vermont/December 19, 1810", each small side has a conforming spikey tree, and the back has short, splashy diagonal strokes. There is a brass bail handle on the top, with an iron hinged lock attached to the front. The inside is unpainted, and the remaining pieces of black ribbon hinges on top (probably a document box due to the sturdy lock and brass handle).
boxes (containers)
brass (alloy)
dovetail joints
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
patriotism
Wood
Tulip Poplar
Iron
Brass
Painted
Dovetail
Federal
Patriotism
Box
On the lid top, in eagle's beak is a ribbon, it reads: We are one . On the front, there is an inscribed legend: Chester Vermont/December 19, 1810 , which is below the initials: LB , formed with brass tacks.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Chester, VT, USA
5 1/2 x 12 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1282
Vermont (United States)
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