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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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