Cheese Box with Cover

Item Information

Title:
Cheese Box with Cover
Description:
Round bentwood form with fitted straight-sided cover secured with finger-lap on conforming box with straight lap secured with iron tacks. Painted red.
Date:
1800–1860
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
bentwood
oak (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
cheese boxes
cookware
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Pine
Oak
Bentwood
Painted
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
3 3/8 in. (H) Diameter: 6 3/8 in.
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/2357
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.374AB
Identifier:
2357