A rectangular spiral wire-hinged lid with a molded edge on the case with a molded base raised on bracket feet. It is painted red. The interior of the box is fitted with till and four open top boxes made from cigar boxes.
miniatures (toys)
board chests
case furniture
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Colonial Revival
pine (wood)
reproductions
Pine
Painted
Colonial Revival
Reproduction
CHEST, MINIATURE
inside the chest on a note written in pencil by NFL read: this box appears to be/a fake/N.F.L. Also included is a supposed history of the box.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
7.125 x 10.75 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1196
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