Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1790 - 1840
notes: label: Description
content: Black-painted, dome-top box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front and sides have a red band containing yellow-dotted alizarin ovals with yellow streamers above green swags and yellow tassels. Lid top has yellow graduated brushstrokes on four sides of the handle; a yellow ribbon and thick band border its edges. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. Scratched on bottom underside in cursive script "C,C, Spencer / No. 5".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0119.22
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 14.2875 cm x 20.6375 cm x 11.7475 cm