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Trinket Box

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1840-1859

GUSN

GUSN-72961

Description

Dk brown; rectangular with hngd domed lid with latch; grained, foliated border

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
graining
painting (coating)
stenciling
tin (metal)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
Tin
Painted
Stenciled
Grained
Foliage
BOX, TRINKET

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.875 x 4.125 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.4807

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