Object Details
- Description
- Long, rectangular lidded box or trunk with scrolled hasp lock at center of one long side, oval wire handle pinned at center of stamped lid top, and two hinges at back. Lid has a wire-rolled rim, while the box has a folded top edge with wire bead below and a flat bottom. Both lid and box are made of five pieces. Tinned interior. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- late 19th or early 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kenneth E. Jewett
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- iron wire (rims; handle material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 13 1/2 in x 5 5/8 in; 13.335 cm x 34.29 cm x 14.2875 cm
- Object Name
- box
