Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: 1885-1915
notes: label: Description
content: Large, square, lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, brass bail handle with wooden grip on top, and two hinges riveted to the back. Lid has a wire-rolled rim, while the box has a top edge folded with a wire bead below and a flat bottom. Both lid and box are made of five pieces. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
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.245425.0086
label: catalog number
content: 245425.0086
label: accession number
content: 245425
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 12 3/4 in x 12 7/8 in; 19.685 cm x 32.385 cm x 32.7025 cm