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On Display: House - End Shop
Box (Trunk)
1800-1850
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Connecticut or New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Tinned sheet iron
- Brass
- Iron wire
- Asphaltum
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1965.1724
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.1724
Object Name
Box (Trunk)
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Connecticut or New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
The origin of this object may have been New York according to an earlier, unidentified cataloguer. Gina Martin and Lois Tucker publish it as "characteristic of the Connecticut Filley shop" in Bloomfield, CT. (p. 82).
Date
1800-1850
Materials
- Tinned sheet iron
- Brass
- Iron wire
- Asphaltum
- Paint
Techniques
- Japanned
Dimensions (inches)
5.7 (H) x 4.1 (W) x 8.8 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.6 (H) x 10.5 (W) x 22.4 (L)