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Rectangular box w/ domed hinged lid; decorated w/ drips and dot gesso pattern and painted gold. The center of lid w/ square-shaped reserve w/ polychrome printed profile (necklength) of a woman in a red hood. Interior of box lined w/ cream-colored paper printed overall w/ gold star and dot pattern.
boxes (containers)
gesso
gilding
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Paper
Gilded
Transfer Printed
Gesso
BOX, TRINKET
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
2.875 x 4.625 x 2.688 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.205
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