Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Oval bentwood form with fitted cover, each with single pointed finger lap pointing in opposite directions. Painted green; cover embellished in ochre flower-like devices enclosing gilt initials and stylized sprig devices.
spice boxes
cookware
bentwood
pine (wood)
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
Shaker (Christian sect)
pine (wood)
maple (wood)
Pine
Bentwood
Painted
Shaker
Maple
Box, Spice
Paint at top of cover: MME Pencil at underside of cover: Blue MME
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.377A,B
Unknown
1 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.377AB
Massachusetts (United States)
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
