Box with Hinged Lid

American

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

American. Box with Hinged Lid, 1822. Metal, H: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) W: 16 7/8 in. (42.9 cm) D (rear edge to hasp): 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) D (edge to edge): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas M. Forsyth, Jr., 78.186. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 78.186_bw.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

American

Title

Box with Hinged Lid

Date

1822

Medium

Metal

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

H: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) W: 16 7/8 in. (42.9 cm) D (rear edge to hasp): 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) D (edge to edge): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: in print on lid "Mrs. Maria Sands". in print on proper left side "1822".

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas M. Forsyth, Jr.

Accession Number

78.186

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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