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Round; bentwood form with fitted cover; two poruted laps held by iron tacks; painted black and decorated with stencil and freehand in red and green and the top with one and two scrolling devices centering a heart flanked by two circles bearing inscriptions; the bottom is decorated with red dots and striping.
storage boxes
iron (metal)
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
stenciling
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Maple
Stenciled
Painted
Iron
Box, Storage
1. Paint and ink on top of cover and under cover: ""MERCY, NEEDHAMS/ BOX;"" [Circles Inscribed]""SMITHFIELD"" and ""Sept. 18 15"" 2. In ink under side cover: P4 S13 EEE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1992.522
Unknown
2 1/2 (H), 7 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.522AB
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