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Trinket Box

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1875-1897

GUSN

GUSN-70466

Description

Brown, pink, blue, green, and ivory box; rectangular with applied Japanese figures, food service, flowers

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
brass (alloy)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
textiles
wood (plant material)
bone (material)
Box, Accessory
Box, Trinket
Unidentified Textile
Unidentified Paper
Brass
Bone
Painted
Classical Figure
Box, Trinket

Pattern

Bone

Associated Person

Codman, Alice "Ahla" Newbold, 1866-1923

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 4 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5055

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