Spice Box
date: label: date made
content: mid to late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Gable- or peaked-top, japanned spice box with a reinforced, low-arched, flat strap handle at top center and two, angled, flip-up hinged lids that open from the outside, each side has a scrolled hasp lock and contains three, equal-size compartments. All edges and seams are folded. Compartments contain spices. No marks. Faint traces of gilt penciling or striping on ends.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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.257491.0043
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0043
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: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 7 in; 13.0175 cm x 23.8125 cm x 17.78 cm