Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1807-1855
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, coffer- or platform-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire handle on top, and one hinge at back. Box front is painted with a left-leaning, red and white, S-stroke border punctuated by yellow leaflets inside, salmon-red leaflets above and green leaflets below. A yellow ribbon-and-dot band borders lid front and sides as well as base of box front. Yellow brushwork on box sides and around handle, where it forms an oval accented by red dots. One-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with a wire bead below and sides that fold under the flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Oliver Buckley Tinshop of Stevens Plains, ME, circa 1807-1855. Platform-top trunks are commonly found from this shop.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Portland
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: DL.322631.0021
label: catalog number
content: 322631.0021
label: accession number
content: 322631
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (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: 4 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 16.51 cm x 9.525 cm