Bond Box
date: label: date made
content: 1865 - 1915
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular, lidded box with gilt brass key lock on one long side, two hinges on the other, and a rectangular wire handle on one short end; painted black with red and gilt borders and pencilling or striping around all edges and sides. Flat lid is made of one piece with a wire-rolled rim. Box is made of two pieces with soft-soldered, folded edges, one for the sides and a flat bottom; all four top edges are folded with a raised bead below. Box bottom is stamped with the raised number "38". Hole punched from outside to lower left of handle. Small, steel key with heart-shaped bow is stored inside; stamped incuse on its shank "19".
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
label: See more items in
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.251349.0031
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0031
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle; rim material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (lock material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilding on lock material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (lock; key material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 23.8125 cm x 11.43 cm