Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Plain, rectangular box with scrolled hasp lock on front, wire ring handle pinned to top, and two hinges at back. Flat lid is made of one piece with a wire-rolled rim. Box is made of three pieces, two for body and one for flat bottom, with soft-soldered, folded edges; top edge of front and sides are folded down with a wire bead below. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: United States, Eastern
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 Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.245425.0082
label: catalog number
content: 245425.0082
label: accession number
content: 245425
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 8.5725 cm x 17.145 cm x 9.525 cm