Trinket Box

Item Information

Title:
Trinket Box
Description:
Small, round treenware (maple?) box and cover, its body and short and squat with sides widely curved inward, its fitted and locking cover incised with rings and with an incarved rectangular handle.
Date:
1750–1800
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
turning (shaping process)
treenware
maple (wood)
boxes (containers)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
maple (wood)
Treenware
Maple
Turned
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
1 1/2 in. x 3 1/4 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/10643
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1992.535AB
Identifier:
10643