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Oval bandbox with lid. Bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered in blockprinted paper with green, gray and yellow lilacs and roses on a pale gray ground. Box has been reinforced along bottom edge with gray fabric. Lid has paper reinforcment along top edge with blue, gray and gold motifs. Part of lid edge reinforced with hand stitching in black thread.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
"Made by Sarah Baker / Savan Hill, Dorchester Mass." (handwritten)
"Beanie / Hat (?) / Harrison (?) / Dorchester / Mass" (handwritten)
Baker, Sarah
9 5/8 x 13 5/8 x 11 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Elizabeth A. Huebener
1937.955AB
Massachusetts (United States)
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Block Printed
Bandbox
Grey
Original
Paper
Floral
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