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A rectangular lid with chamfered edges hinged to the conforming case, raised on all four squared legs with cut-out at the feet. Rose-head nail construction. The lid has an iron hasp which closes over the iron loop on the case, and an iron lock and key. The chest is unpainted.
miniatures (toys)
chests (case furniture)
case furniture
maple (wood)
chamfering
iron (metal)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
maple (wood)
Pine
Maple
Iron
Chamfered
CHEST, MINATURE
Inscribed on a paper string tag in ink on the hasp reads: (one side) Key of/Padlocked/ Minature/Chest . (Otherside- in ink) Blue Cupboard (and on a printed sticker) 522 .
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
7.125 x 6.375 x 4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1629
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