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Oval wooden band box with lid. Bandbox (A) and lid (B) are covered with wallpaper featuring an allover floral and vine deisgn in pinks and greens on a beige ground. Bottom of box and interior of box and lid are lined with newspaper; the newsaper in lid is the Watchman and Reflector of Bsoton dated July 15, 1852.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
block printing (relief printing process)
Unidentified Paper
Bandbox
"Warranted Nailed / Band Boxes, / Manufactured By / Hannah Davis, / Wast Jaffrey, N. H." (Printed label)
1923.746
Davis, Hannah
Jaffrey, NH, USA
12 x 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. D. P. Abercrombie
1923.746AB
New Hampshire (United States)
Jaffrey (Cheshire county, New Hampshire)
Block Printed
Bandbox
Beige
Original
Paper
Floral
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