Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Japanned, dome-top trunk or lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, circular wire ring handle on top, and two hinges at back. Box front and side are painted with pale-blue, gilt-bordered, scalloped rounds, each containing a red flower with yellow and white center flanked by clusters of red berries or cherries. Lid front and sides have two different patterns of yellow brushwork; top has yellow brushwork around handle and a solid band around edges. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Five-piece box has a flat bottom and a top edge folded with wire bead below. Tinned interior. Inside back of lid is scratched "4 12-". No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: United States, Eastern
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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: DL.322631.0022
label: catalog number
content: 322631.0022
label: accession number
content: 322631
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: asphaltum (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (exterior decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 10 in x 6 7/8 in; 19.685 cm x 25.4 cm x 17.4625 cm