Candle Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1946
label: year acquired
content: ca 1946
notes: label: Description
content: Black cylindrical candle box with inset ends on four cast feet. Hinged lid is decorated with a cluster of three strawberries and leaves created by a positive stencil on a metallic gold and copper ground with gilt pencilwork details added. Gilt rope border on lid, flourishes on ends, and lines on feet. Gilt signature at lower right "Makey".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0339.13
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0339.13
label: accession number
content: 1990.0339
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box, candle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (hinges material)
label: Physical Description
content: pewter (feet material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 10 1/8 in x 3 in; 7.62 cm x 25.7175 cm x 7.62 cm