Box (Trunk)
date: label: date made
content: 1890 - 1950
notes: label: Description
content: Metallic gold, rectangular, lidded box decorated on all sides with a striped pattern of blue vines and leaves that are dotted with red and yellow berries; gilt-brass, scalloped-edge hasp latch on front, post-and-bail handle on lid top, and four feet stamped into box bottom. Flat lid has two hinges on back and is made of one piece with a wire-rolled rim. Box is made in three pieces with folded seams, two for the ends and one forming the bottom and sides with its top edges is folded inward. Domed handle posts and hasp lock are stamped incuse "DRGM" in a circle on their tops.
label: Description
content: "DRGM" stands for "Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster", indicating the design of the box's hardware is registered.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place hardware made
content: Germany
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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.251349.0036
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0036
label: accession number
content: 251349
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 (rim material)
label: Physical Description
content: lacquer (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (hardware material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (hardware material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 8 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm