Trinket box

Item Information

Title:
Trinket box
Description:
Small book-shaped trinket box; figure of a woman on one side; "forget me not" and shield on back; foiled edges and gilded cardboard sides w/ glass top; woman in blue dress carrying basket of flowers.
Date:
1860–1890
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
foil (metal by form)
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
boxes (containers)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
pastoral
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Foil
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Woman
Pastoral
Extent:
0.5 in. x 1.75 in. x 2.75 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/18408
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
Accession #:
1998.444
Identifier:
18408