Rectangular six board box form with iron strap hinged lid; painted green exterior and white inside; front board canted forward at base; lid with cleated ends; semi-circular grips on sides with hole drilled for rope to pass through; flat basal molding with ogee at topmost edge; box retains one wooden strip nailed to bottom, acting as foot; oval iron escutcheon, box fitted with lock at center front; till with lid on right side interior.
sea chests
accessories
case furniture
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
CHEST, SEA
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
17.625 x 18.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.396
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