Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: late 19th or early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned and gilt-decorated trunk or box with stamped lid featuring a raised, ogee-sided rectangle; a scrolled hasp lock is on front, a gilt-brass, post-and-bail handle at top, and two hinges at back. Box front has stenciled floral design; fine gilt penciling is on all four sides of lid and box. Lid has a wire-rolled rim, while the box has sharp plain edges with a large raised bead below and a flat bottom. Both lid and box are made of five pieces soft-soldered at their seams on the inside. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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.251349.0037
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0037
label: accession number
content: 251349
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: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior decoration; handle gilding material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 7 in; 16.8275 cm x 24.4475 cm x 17.78 cm