Box
date: label: date made
content: 1820 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Oval, japanned, dome-top box with scrolled hasp lock on front, an oval wire ring handle on top, and one hinge at back. Box front is painted with shaded circular roses or flowers and angled, three-lobed, green leaves above red dots and simple yellow brushstrokes. Matching brushstrokes on lid sides; elongated yellow rope strokes on lid top. Three-piece lid has an overhanging top edge and wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a flat, projecting bottom and a top edge folded with wire bead below. No marks.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1227.04
label: accession number
content: 1977.1227
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1227.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
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 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 13.335 cm x 14.2875 cm x 13.6525 cm