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Projecting stepped top with molded edge on nine-drawer case. Top seven drawers, rounded glass fronts and single metal pull; two lower drawers, wood fronts and double cast composition pulls. Molded base, raised panels at sides. Contains nearly 500 eggs of Long Island birds gathered in second half of 19th C. Many eggs inscribed with date of finding and identification of type.
showcases
glass (material)
oak (wood)
Oak
Glass
Eggshell
Case, Display
Stenciled on lower drawer front: Eureka Spool Silk
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
23 x 22 1/2 x 17 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.671
New York state (United States)
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