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Trinket Box

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1850

GUSN

GUSN-73305

Description

Pnk, white; rectangular, reverse curve sides; hngd lid; 18thc couple, grdn

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
brass (alloy)
creamware
plating (metal coating)
metal
pastoral
Creamware
Unidentified Metal
Brass
Plated
Classical Figure
Pastoral
BOX, TRINKET

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Tournay (Manufacturer)
Bettignies Family (Maker (Ran factory))

Location of Origin

Tournay, Belgium

Dimensions

1.75 x 3 x 2.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3366

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