Band Box

Item Information

Title:
Band Box
Description:
Paint decorated ash and pine large, round bandbox with flat, cloth-hinged cover; black ground has white, tan and red florid heraldic decoration along with wavy V-shaped designs running the height of the box; secured with hard-wrought nails.
Date:
1750–1800
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
ash (wood)
bentwood
nailing
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
bandboxes (containers)
accessories (object genre)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
coats of arms
pine (wood)
Pine
Ash
Bentwood
Painted
Nailed
Coat-of-Arms
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
13 in. (H) Diameter: 15.25 in.
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/3050
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.1541
Identifier:
3050