Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800-1850
notes: label: Description
content: Dome-top trunk or lidded box, originally japanned, with a scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle pinned to the top, and two hinges at back. Exterior finish removed but vestiges of large red swags painted on the front and sides remain. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with a wire bead below and a flat bottom. No marks.
label: Description
content: The presence of large red swags supports an attribution to the Berlin area, CT, or eastern New York State, where similar decoration is found.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Berlin
label: place made
content: United States: New York
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.251349.0025
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0025
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: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 22.225 cm x 11.43 cm