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Rectangular cased box with molded frame hinged top; dovetailed corner construction; wrought iron hasp closure, cotter pin hinges; old blue paint on exterior; box dividers missing.
boxes (containers)
iron (metal)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Iron
BOX
Remnants of old label on inside of top with ""CHARLES WHIPPLE, Bookseller, No. 4, State Street, Newburyport.""
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
11.25 x 20.75 x 16.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.795
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