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Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B). Box and lid are covered with wallpaper with large scale floral trail of stylized flowers and leaves. Block printed in aqua and orange on beige ground. Rim of box and lid hae been repaired with plaper with a gray pattern on a cream ground.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
"Mrs. L. Patterson / Kennebunk Port" (Handwritten on underside of lid)
1928.778
W.P. 607
H.B 8
Unknown
11 7/8 x 18 x 13 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss M. P. Lord
1928.778AB
Block Printed
Bandbox
Beige
Original
Handmade
Paper
flowers
leaves
Floral Trail
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