Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800 - 1835
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, dome-top box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front is painted with two yellow-bordered white swags, each having a right-facing, scalloped red flower with yellow crescent overstroke, three pairs of red berries or buds, and two types of leaves. Box sides have a straight band with a circular, red flower or fruit flanked by pairs of leaves and berries or buds. Black veining and pencilwork details. Lid has yellow X-shape brushwork around handle, sprays in top corners and on sides; yellow penciling on lid top and all sides except back. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Description
content: Trunks with two white swags on front and straight bands on sides (often decorated with the same motifs, as seen on this trunk) are an identifying feature of the Upson Tinshop of Marion (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: 1978.0119.29
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
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: 4 1/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 4 in; 10.4775 cm x 17.4625 cm x 10.16 cm