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Pine and Chestnut paint decorated trinket or toilet box, of rectangular shape with a molded, cleated lid above three printed sides (the back is plain). The front has a stylized scroll and floral pattern (worn), ant the sides have a sunburst-like motif, all in yellow and black on a reddish-brown ground on a molded base. The lid is attached with interlocking nails creating hinges at the back; a hole on the lid molding and inner rim were probably for a closing device (a nail or peg).
boxes (containers)
chestnut (wood)
hammering
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
chestnut (wood)
geometric patterns
pine (wood)
sunbursts
Iron
Chestnut
Pine
Hammered
Painted
Geometric
Sunburst
BOX, TRINKET
NFL found a handwritten note inside the box with the inscription of: Chestnut/Poplar?/R.I.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Fitch, Issac, Mr. (Maker)
Lebanon, CT, USA
5.25 x 13.25 x 8.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1392
Connecticut (United States)
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