Rectanguloid form with canted edges; straight sides tapered outward from flat bottom; rolled beaded edge; tinned sheet metal painted black with gilt floral and leaf painted decoration.
berry baskets
gilding
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
floral patterns
Tin
Painted
Gilded
Floral
BASKET, FRUIT
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
2.375 x 13.25 x 8.125 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.669
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