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Small oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with two layers of wallpaper. Bottom layer is visible at edge of rim and is light blue. Top layer has a geometric stripe patterns with stripes of diamond shapes alternating with stripes of random dots and stripes of twig-like lines and dots. Block printed in blue on beige ground. Interior of box has blue rag paper lining.
A printed text fragment is pasted to interior of lid. See "Inscription" for additional details.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Bandbox
"Mr. Glass having presented the late celbrated Dr. Huxham with a Box of this Magnesia, / along iwth his Essay on its Virtues . . . " (Printed text of a letter dated may 18, 1764 from Dr. J. Huxham.)
1966.14A
Unknown
2 1/4 x 5 x 2 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Avis and Rockwell Gardiner
1966.14AB
Block Printed
Beige
Original
Handmade
Paper
geometric
stripes
Geometric
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