Herb Box with Cover

Item Information

Title:
Herb Box with Cover
Description:
Round bentwood form with fitted cover with single "fingered" lap. Box with single wide "fingered" lap; a "Harvard" lap configuration (one pointing right, one pointing left). Painted dark green; top decorated with circular, light green, reserve with polychrome sprig of roses enclosed by darker green ring.
Date:
1800–1850
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
bentwood
oak (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
boxes (containers)
cookware
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
floral patterns
Rosa (genus)
Pine
Oak
Painted
Bentwood
Rose
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
2 3/4 in. (H) Diameter: 7 in.
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/2356
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.373AB
Identifier:
2356