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Tin box with flat sides and back. Front has a convex center and beveled edges that angle in towards the center. Top is two-tiered, higher section is flat, lower section mirrors the division of the front, except the hinged center is concave with a white porcelain handle screwed to the tin and the sides are also concave and not angled. Whole outer surface is rosewood painted with abstract gold floral patterns.

2001.001.0007

Genesee Country Village and Museum

1830 - 1850

United States of America

North America

9-7/8 in

8-7/8 in

9-1/4 in

Tin

Paint

Porcelain

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