Soap Box
Soap Box
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- Description
- Repousse chased, spherical box with small cockle shell clasp opposite hinge. Nearly identical design on both halves features five scrolling branches of three-petaled flowers springing from a central circular flower with few areas of punchwork between; applied beading on both rims. No marks apparent.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- box
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall, stored open: 2 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 18.415 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- DL.311757
- catalog number
- 311757
- accession number
- 64443
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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