Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: 1825-1875
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 is painted with a wide white band overpainted with alternating pairs of right-facing, red and green leaves; one green and two yellow thin lines are below. Two yellow brushstrokes on each box side and swirling yellow brushstrokes around handle; no penciling. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled front rim and three folded edges. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with 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
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.245425.0083
label: catalog number
content: 245425.0083
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 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 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 8.255 cm x 11.1125 cm x 9.2075 cm