Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850-1880
notes: label: Description
content: Blue-japanned and gilt-stenciled, flat-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front and one hinge at back; no handle. Lid top has "A GIFT" across center and two different baskets of fruits and flowers above and below. Gilt pencilwork around lid top and all sides except back. One-piece lid has a wire-rolled front rim and three folded edges. Two-piece box has a top edge folded with wire bead below and a flat bottom. Gold japanned interior. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place made
content: United States: United States, Northeastern
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.245425.0084
label: catalog number
content: 245425.0084
label: accession number
content: 245425
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 handle (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (interior; exterior material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm