Spice Box
date: label: date made
content: 1820 - 1860
notes: label: Description
content: Circular spice box with scrolled hasp lock on front, domed lid with wire ring handle and one hinge at back; interior is divided into six, equal-size, wedge-shape compartments radiating from a central circular one that holds a hand-punched, cylindrical nutmeg or spice grater. Both lid and box are made of three pieces, two halves for sides are joined by a soft-soldered lapped seam on lid and folded seam on box, and lid top and flat bottom with folded edges; lid has a wire-rolled rim while box has a folded rim with bead below. Grater has a soft-soldered lapped seam and cap inset at one end. Scrolled banner painted in white on box front. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: 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.257491.0044
label: catalog number
content: 257491.0044
label: accession number
content: 257491
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box, spice
label: Object Name
content: grater, nutmeg
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims; handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 9 3/8 in x 8 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 23.8125 cm x 22.225 cm