Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800-1850
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, dome-top trunk or lidded 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 clusters of one large and several small, eye-like flowers with circular red centers split by yellow-dotted, pointed ovals at their middles; alizarin overstrokes and green leaflets on yellow arc stems. Lid top has fine yellow brushwork around handle and in corners; border of fine, yellow lattice strokes and red penciling. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a flat bottom with projecting folded edge and a top edge folded with wire bead below. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: United States, Northeastern
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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.251349.0027
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0027
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; 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 3/8 in; 15.24 cm x 22.5425 cm x 13.6525 cm