Spice Box
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th to early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Circular, black-painted spice box with scrolled hasp lock on front, raised bead and gilt brass post-and-bail handle on low-domed top, and one hinge at back; golden-brown japanned interior. Both lid and box are made of three pieces: two halves joined by soft-soldered lapped seams for sides, and lid top and flat bottom with folded edges; lid has a wire-rolled rim while box has a folded rim with bead below. No marks. Contains seven spice tins, DL*257491.0036-.0042.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.257491.0035
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0035
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box, spice
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior and interior finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior decoration; handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 8 3/4 in x 8 3/8 in; 10.16 cm x 22.225 cm x 21.2725 cm