Hardwood sander (aka pouncebox), small, with outflared bowl top with center perforation in the form of a 6-pointed star, above grooved neck and high outflared base and molded foot; light colored satiny fruitwood with burl spots; felt-lined bottom.
pounce boxes
fruitwood
turning (shaping process)
Fruitwood
Turned
BOX, POUNCE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
3 (H), 2.75 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1358
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