Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1820 - 1855
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. Floral spray painted on box front features three different red crab flowers with white and alizarin overstrokes, all perched on red stems with yellow-veined, smooth-edge green leaves and yellow leaflets. Box sides have two yellow brushstroke swags. Yellow brushwork on lid top at handle, and a yellow ribbon on its front and sides. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Five-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. No marks.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Butler Tinshop of East Greenville, NY, circa 1820-1855.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, East Greenville
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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: 1978.0119.18
label: accession number
content: 1978.0119
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0119.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
label: Other Terms
content: Trunk; 41Cc, Sullivan, Michael D
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: 6 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 15.5575 cm x 24.13 cm x 15.875 cm