Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1893
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular, hinged-lid shellwork box with serpentine-edged base ending in splayed feet. Lid and box front and sides are covered in gilt paper and encrusted with symmetrically arranged seashells bordered by iridescent periwinkles, including a cowrie at top center, sunrise tellin on front and abalones on sides; glossy black paper on back and bottom. Lid and box interior are lined with gold trellis- or diaper-patterned, vibrant pink paper; the lid fitted with a mirror and the box with two pincushions, both covered in matching pink silk satin, in its back corners. 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.105053A
label: catalog number
content: 105053A
label: accession number
content: 28022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Box
label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: seashell (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (exterior and interior covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior paper material)
label: Physical Description
content: mirrored glass (mirror material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (pincushion covering, ribbon material)
label: Physical Description
content: paperboard (support material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 8 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 13.0175 cm x 21.59 cm