Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1840
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 and sides are painted with a yellow-bordered, scalloped white band overpainted with red scalloped flowers and pointed oval buds amidst two types of green leaves; black veining and pencilwork details. Lid top has yellow brushwork fans and four-dot diamonds bordered by two yellow crossed lines; lid front and sides with alternating yellow brushstrokes. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Upson Tinshop of Marion (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: 1978.0119.17
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
label: Other Terms
content: Trunk; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
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: 6 in x 8 7/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 22.5425 cm x 13.97 cm