Box
date: label: date made
content: 1975
label: date used
content: 1970s
label: date purchased
content: 1975-10-24
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular, hinged-lid box with bulging sides made of green, red, and white marbled stone mounted in a gold-plated frame and base with four paw feet. Plain front; no lock or handle. Interior of lid and box as well as box underside are lined in bright red velvet. Small green felt pads are adhered to underside of feet. No marks. Crinkled paper note stored inside is inscribed "Purchased in Rome, Fri., Oct. 24, 1975 in 'church of St. Peter in chains.'"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
label: place used
content: United States: Florida, Miami Beach
label: place purchased
content: Italy: Latian, Rome
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 Bettee-Aynn Amsterdam Thomas in honor of Ruth and Bernard Amsterdam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0201.13
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0201.13
label: accession number
content: 1996.0201
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: onyx or agate (lid, sides material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold-plated (frame, feet material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (lining material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 8 1/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 20.6375 cm x 13.6525 cm