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Oval wooden bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Wallpaper has pattern with floral boquets against a background of delicate scrolling ferns. Block printed in pink, red, white, green and varnished green on yellow ground. Box and lid are lined with June 1, 1838 issue of "The Manual" newspaper from Boston, MA. Wormwood damage.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Bandbox
"Warranted Nailed / Band Boxes, / Manufactured by / Hannah Davis, / East Jaffrey, N.H." (Manufacturer's label pasted on inside of lid.)
1923.745
WP 626
HB 27
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. D. P. Abercrombie
1923.745AB
Block Printed
Bandbox
Yellow
Original
Handmade
Paper
bouquets
ferns
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