Box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1835
notes: label: Description
content: Small, dark green-painted, flat-top box with tapered and scrolled hasp lock on front and one hinge at back; no handle. Lid top and box front and sides have right-facing sprigs of red flowers, buds, and fruits or cherries amidst yellow-veined, S-stroke leaves with turned-over tips. Yellow pencilling on top and all sides except back. One-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim on front; the other sides are folded. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with a raised bead on the front and sides, a wire (for hinge) along back and flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Upson Tinshop of Marion (in the Town of Southington), CT, circa 1773-1837.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Southington
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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: 1978.0119.25
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.25
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: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 8.5725 cm x 6.35 cm