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Pipe box

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1750-1800

GUSN

GUSN-8358

Description

Painted pine, with one drawer, shaped moulded sides and crest; dark brown graining over old red paint.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
graining
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
Grained
BOX, PIPE

Inscription

Painted on back: ""23-948"".

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21 x 6.5 x 4.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.559

Reference Notes

------------. "Ceramic Chinoiserie," Antiques Magazine, August 1941,. [No Publisher].

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