Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1820 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Dome-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, oval wire ring handle pinned to top, and two hinges at back; japanned decoration removed but shows vestiges of a horizontal band above heart shapes on front and red flakes of paint elsewhere. Five-piece lid has an overhanging, folded-edge top and wire-rolled rim. Five-piece box has a flat bottom and a top edge folded with a wire bead below. Japanned or varnished interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: United States, Eastern
setName: label: See more items in
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.251349.0032
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0032
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 9 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 19.3675 cm x 24.765 cm x 19.05 cm