Rectangular mahogany box; hinged lid; inlaid diamond on lid; cardboard liner from large wooden matchbox on the inside of the box.
boxes (containers)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
Mahogany
Inlaid
BOX
Base inscribed, ""L. Brooks, 1949, New Bedford, Mass.""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
New Bedford, MA, USA
2.438 x 5.875 x 3.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.908
Massachusetts (United States)
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