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A rectangular, stepped molded hinged cover on a conforming case with a shaped skirt and french bracket feet; painted brown and decorated with red swags, black tassels, a basket of flowers on top and pinstriping at the legs, skirt and top in red, black and gold. A shaped, painted cartouche at the front below the keyhole and the interior is fitted with two compartments. [See photo negative #47539-A]
tea caddies (containers)
cookware
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
floral patterns
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
Bouquet
BOX, TEA
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
8.25 x 9.5 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1478
New York state (United States)
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