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A slightly domed hinged lid on a conforming box, a carved surface (except the back), the top of the lid is carved with quarter circles centering the inscription. The sides are carved with a diamond pattern centering a heart at the front keyhole and six pointed stars at the ends; the heart and stars are painted blue/green, the inscription is painted red, and the box an off-white. Also, it is of nail construction.
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Inscribed and painted on labels on the top and bottom read: ""Rebecca E. Lord"" and ""owned by Nina F. Little"" (in her script), typed ""m/m little/B34""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1644
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