Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1820 - 1860
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, dome-top box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front is painted with a right-scrolling, red-stemmed sprig having two red flowers dotted with alizarin and white amidst yellow-veined or -edged green leaves. Swirling yellow brushwork around handle. Yellow pencilling on top and all sides except back. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
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: 1978.0119.26
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 17.145 cm x 9.2075 cm