fbpx

Trinket Box

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1920-1940

GUSN

GUSN-59168

Description

Cylindrical box with a flat bottom and top; the lid has a blue glass bead finial; the surface is mottled with brown and red.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Box, Accessory
Box, Trinket
Box, Trinket

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 1/8 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2302.2

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].