Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, dome-top box with scrolled hasp lock on front, oval wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front is painted with a wide white band containing two, right-facing, three-petaled, red tulips springing from six green leaflets above a thin red line, a row of yellow dots and brushstrokes, and a single yellow line along base; black pencilwork details and squiggles. Box sides have two yellow brushstroke swags above two yellow lines. Lid sides with yellow brushstrokes; top plain. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with a wire bead below and a flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1978.0119.14
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
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: 4 1/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 10.4775 cm x 18.0975 cm x 8.89 cm