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Trinket Box

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1849

GUSN

GUSN-72960

Description

Pink, green, white, and gold box with rectangular panels with rectilinear borders, stepped top; handle

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
cardboard
glass (material)
mirrors
paper (fiber product)
Box, Accessory
Box, Trinket
Box, Trinket

Associated Person

Codman, Sarah Fletcher (Bradlee), 1842-1922

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.4803

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