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1925-1950
GUSN-51086
A cylindrical container. The interior is painted silver and the exterior is red with a zig-zag border over a band of a stylized wave motif- both are in olive, gold and black.
containers (receptacles)
painting (coating)
papier mâché
wood (plant material)
geometric patterns
Papier Mache
Painted
Geometric
CONTAINER
On the base reads: MADE IN RUSSIA. On a gummed paper label from Marshall Field & Co. is printed: 2889-27/y40 SEL 22/35 EA.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Russia
4 (H), 3.25 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.732
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