Jewel Box or Casket
date: label: date made
content: 1873 - 1877
name: label: maker
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Japonesque rectangular box with pyramidal cover and fixed, tall arched handle on four ball feet. Box and cover have satin- or matte-finish grounds with bright cut floral sprigs divided by polished diagonal bands containing wrigglework geometric motifs; angled, low-relief, die-rolled bands of birds amidst flowering branches and plant-filled urns trim rim and base of box, while a shield-like palmate finial with 3 ball tips tops cover. Double-wire handle with triple semicircular fan finial. Underside of box bottom struck with an incuse circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "x MERIDEN x / B. COMPANY." in sans serif letters and "8".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
topic: label: Subject
content: Jewelry
label: Subject
content: Personal Accessories
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 Insilco Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0424.09
label: accession number
content: 1984.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0424.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box, jewel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/8 in x 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 21.2725 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm