The candle box is of tubular form with convex ends on a hinged lid. The lid is ornamented with raised octogonal reserve. It hangs from two pierced tapered tabs.
candle boxes
soldering
tin (metal)
Tin
Soldered
Box, Candle
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
7 x 14 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1108
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