Oval Shaker-style box, small (spice box) size, with lapped top and bottom, secured wtih hard-hammered nails; warm, natural brown finish; now houses chess set.
boxes (containers)
ash (wood)
bentwood
nailing
Ash
Bentwood
Nailed
BOX
Written on a NFL jelly label on the bottom: ""Box for/short paint-/ed chess-/men""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.1354A,B
Unknown
3.125 x 5.625 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1354AB
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