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Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Paper features outdoor scene of figures in Neoclassical dress. Block printed in pinks, greens, white and varnish green on a gray background. Lined with newspaper dated 1838.
bandboxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
Bandbox
"Sarah P. Anthony / North Providence, R.I. / London / Physician" (Handwritten on inside bottom of box)
Unknown
13 5/8 x 20 1/4 x 16 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
1980.83AB
Block Printed
Bandbox
Grey
Original
Handmade
Paper
figures
NeoClassical
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