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1889-1983
GUSN-259882
Gold and blue painted tin box with flip-top; hunting scene with castle, horses, man, dogs, forest.
tins (containers)
tin (metal)
machine-made
paint (coating)
Box, Trinket
"Rallsen / H. BAHLSENS / KEKSFARIK K.G. / HANNOVER / 55/08 / X" ("KEKSFARIK" appears to be a mispelling of Keksfabrik.)
Original To Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Bahlsen-Gruppe (Manufacturer)
6 1/4 x 9 1/8 x 3 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Ise Gropius
1984.1233
1889-1983 (Original cataloging specifies mid to late 20th C. However, the manufacturer was founded in 1889, so I revised the date to reflect the possibilty it might have been made earlier.)
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