Box

Description:

Oval, japanned, dome-top box with scrolled hasp lock on front, an oval wire ring handle on top, and one hinge at back. Box front is painted with shaded circular roses or flowers and angled, three-lobed, green leaves above red dots and simple yellow brushstrokes. Matching brushstrokes on lid sides; elongated yellow rope strokes on lid top. Three-piece lid has an overhanging top edge and wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a flat, projecting bottom and a top edge folded with wire bead below. No marks.

Date Made: 1820 - 1850

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1977.1227.04Accession Number: 1977.1227Catalog Number: 1977.1227.04

Object Name: box

Physical Description: tinned sheet iron (overall material)iron wire (rims; handle material)asphaltum (exterior decoration material)paint (exterior decoration material)Measurements: overall: 5 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 13.335 cm x 14.2875 cm x 13.6525 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-360f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_309680

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