Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1893
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular, hinged-lid shellwork box with flat bottom; no base. Lid and all four sides of box are covered in red grained paper and encrusted with seashells, including a cowrie at top, sunrise tellin on front, blue mussels on sides, three rows of coquinas across back and iridescent periwinkles along edges. Lid and box interior are lined with glossy, vibrant pink paper; the lid fitted with a mirror framed by cable- or rope-bordered gilt paper and the box divided into seven compartments, including a red silk velvet-covered pincushion at back center. 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.105053B
label: catalog number
content: 105053B
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 (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mirrored glass (mirror material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet, silk (pincushion covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: paperboard (support material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 19.05 cm x 11.43 cm