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Oval wooden bandbox (A) with lid (B). Box and lid are covered with with wallpaper with repeating circular floral medallions consisting of tulips and other flowers surrounded by foliage. Medallions are separated by stylized scrolling motifs. Block printed in two pinks, green, varnish green and white on a yellow ground. Box and lid are lined with newspaper dated April 26, 1854
bandboxes (containers)
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Bandbox
"Warranted Nailed / Band Boxes, / Manufactured by / Hannah Davis, East Jaffrey, N.H." (Prnted label pasted inside lid.)
Davis, Hannah (Maker)
12 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. D. P. Abercrombie
1923.747AB
Block Printed
Bandbox
Yellow
Original
Handmade
Paper
Floral Medallion
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