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Oval wooden bandbox (A) and lid (B) coverd in wallpaper. Paper has block printed foliage pattern originally in blues, browns and greens on a gray ground. Lined with newspaper dated 1848.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Bandbox
"Warranted / Nailed / Band-Boxes, / Made by / Hannah Davis, / Jaffrey, N.H." (Printed label taped on underside of lid.)
1923.578
Davis, Hannah
17 x 19 1/2 x 15 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1923.578AB
Block Printed
Bandbox
Grey
Original
Handmade
Paper
foliage
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