Box or Trunk
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- Description
- Small, oval box or trunk with a low-domed lid attached by an offset hinge at back; exterior painted dark blue. No handle, clasp or lock. Lid has a wire-rolled rim and box has a plain-edged collar with raised bead below. Lid and box each have one soft-soldered lapped seam; the lid top and flat box bottom have projecting folded edges. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- box
- Other Terms
- Box; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
- date made
- 1830 - 1880
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- paint (exterior decoration material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 7.62 cm x 13.335 cm x 9.2075 cm
- ID Number
- DL.245425.0008
- catalog number
- 245425.0008
- accession number
- 245425
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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