Spice Box

Item Information

Title:
Spice Box
Description:
(.1) Spice box with cover - Round bentwood form with fitted cover. Top and base secured with tin banding. Natural finish. Top and side stenciled with "Spice". Box holds set of eight cylindrical-form boxes. (.2- .8) Boxes - Each bentwood with fitted cover and tin banding. (.9) Bentwood box without a lid. Stenciled at top and side with name of contents.
Date:
1855–1865
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
stenciling (process)
maple (wood)
bentwood
tin (metal)
spice boxes
packaging
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
maple (wood)
Maple
Tin
Bentwood
Stenciled
Places:
New Jersey
Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
3 5/8 in. (H) Diameter: 9 1/4 in.
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/2352
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.369.1AB-9B
Identifier:
2352