Spice Box
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th to early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular, green-painted box with a scrolled hasp lock on front, a raised, cyma-bracketed rectangle and gilt brass post-and-bail handle on stamped lid, and two hinges at back; golden-brown japanned interior. Both lid and box are made of five pieces with folded seams. Lid has a wire-rolled rim while box has a folded rim with raised bead below. No marks. Contains six spice tins, DL*257491.0029-.034.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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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.257491.0028
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0028
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 (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (interior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (handle gilding material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 7 in; 9.2075 cm x 24.13 cm x 17.78 cm