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Trinket Box

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1765-1785

GUSN

GUSN-61057

Description

Rose and white box with a six lobed body, a reserve with a crest and flowers, and a fish scale decoration. With a hinged lid.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
accessories
porcelain
Box, Accessory
Box, Trinket
Box, Trinket

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.4510

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