Trunk
date: label: date made
content: 1825 - 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Small, japanned, dome-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Golden-brown ground is painted on the box front with a wide white band overpainted with right-leaning, red and green brushstrokes. Swirling yellow brushstrokes around handle. Yellow pencilwork on all sides of lid and box except their backs. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim on front; the other three sides are folded. Two-piece box has a top edge folded with a wire bead below and a flat bottom. Tinned interior. No marks.
label: Description
content: A large number of small decorated boxes similar to this example were produced in the nineteenth century; many survive in good condition.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
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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: 1978.0119.15
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.15
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: 3 1/8 in x 4 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 7.9375 cm x 11.1125 cm x 8.89 cm