Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1835
notes: label: Description
content: Small, white-painted, flat-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front and one hinge at back; no handle. Box front has a crossed pair of sprigs of light orange-red roses and clusters of three buds on green stems with green, serrated-edge, brushstroke leaves. Box sides each have one similar sprig, that at left facing forward and at right backward. Another sprig of fruit or floral motifs covers the lid top. One-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim on front; the other three sides are folded. The three-piece, flat-bottom box has a folded top edge with a raised bead on the front and sides and a wire (for hinge) along the back. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Upson Tinshop in Marion (in the Town of Southington), CT, circa 1773-1837.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Southington
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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: 1978.0119.21
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 10.795 cm x 8.255 cm