Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800-1840
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 sides are painted with a white band of salmon-red circular flowers or fruits alternating with two varieties of green leaves, one large, right-leaning, triangular and lobed and the other a small oval; black veins and details. Yellow double-apostrophe brushstrokes are below and two lines of yellow penciling border the base. Lid top has yellow, double-crab brushstrokes around handle bordered by single apostrophes and crossed double lines; lid front and sides with additional yellow drops. Three-piece lid has a wire-rolled rim. Three-piece box has a top edge folded with a wire bead below and a flat bottom. Possible signature mark of a black-outlined pointed oval at bottom right of front band.
label: Description
content: Attributed to the Upson Tinshop of Marion (Southington), CT, circa 1773-1837.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Southington
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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.322631.0006
label: catalog number
content: 322631.0006
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: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 8 in x 4 7/8 in; 12.3825 cm x 20.32 cm x 12.3825 cm