Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1820-1850
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, dome-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, brass post-and-bail handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front and sides have a wide yellow band overpainted with red trefoil flowers and green leaves accented with black pencilwork, all above sets of three gilt or yellow curved drops, red penciling, and thinly painted gilt or yellow scallops and penciling along the bottom. Five-piece lid has an overhanging, folded-edge top and wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a projecting, flat bottom and a wire-rolled top edge with raised bead below. Japanned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New 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.251349.0026
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0026
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: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 8 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 21.2725 cm x 14.605 cm