Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1840
notes: label: Description
content: Small, japanned, coffer- or platform-top box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire handle on lid, and two hinges at back. Lid has a white band on its front and sides overpainted with red circles separated by a zig-zag of green brushstrokes; yellow, symmetrical, wheat-like motifs extend from handle. Box front has a crossed pair of red-to-yellow daisies with yellow-dotted centers on green leafy stems. Box sides and back of lid and box are plain. One-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with a wire bead below and sides that fold under the flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Stevens Tinshop of Stevens Plains (now Westbrook), ME, circa 1800-1842.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Westbrook
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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: 1978.0119.23
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
label: Other Terms
content: Trunk; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims; handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 8.255 cm x 11.7475 cm x 6.985 cm