Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Black-japanned and gilt-stenciled, dome-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Symmetrical floral decoration on box front features two, large, upturned cone- or bell-shape flowers amidst daisy-like flowers or leaves; box sides plain. Outlines of a border barely visible on lid top. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Five-piece box has a flat bottom and a top edge folded with a wire bead below. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: United States, Eastern
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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.251349.0029
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0029
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: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/8 in x 9 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 18.7325 cm x 23.8125 cm x 15.875 cm