Book-shaped Box

Item Information

Title:
Book-shaped Box
Description:
Small pine book-shaped box, rectangular with a wooden hinge; stained a reddish-brown with gold painted on "pages"/edges; and a metal pin closure.
Date:
1800–1899
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
gilding (technique)
metal
pine (wood)
staining (coloring)
boxes (containers)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
pine (wood)
Pine
Unidentified Metal
Stained
Gilded
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
3.5 in. x 2.625 in. x 0.875 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/3001
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.1483
Identifier:
3001