Rectangular form with canted front and sides; dovetailed corner construction; slightly overhanging hinged lid; painted black; brass hasp and side "ring" type handles.
sea chests
accessories
case furniture
brass (alloy)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Brass
CHEST, SEA
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
16.25 x 40.875 x 16.125 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.366
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