Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1840
notes: label: Description
content: Green-painted, flat-top box with a tapered and scrolled hasp lock on front and two hinges at back; no handle. Lid top has a symmetrical floral design of three white flowers with burnt umber and green overstrokes amidst lobed green leaves and clusters of white buds on green leaflets; all leaves have black veining, the main vein highlighted yellow. Yellow penciling around top and all sides except back; yellow leaflet on the hasp. One-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with a wire bead below and a flat bottom. Golden-brown japanned 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: 1978.0119.24
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (interior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 17.145 cm x 10.795 cm