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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0324
Description
Rectangular, lidded box with two levels, base flat and speckled gold and black, interiors also speckled. Exterior walls and lid are matte black colour with gold and rose leaves and blossoms on the walls. The lid is gold and rose flowering plant twining around bamboo stake. Scuffed lightly on base. …
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
wood
Dimensions
3.8 x 6.5 x 15.6 cm
Description
Rectangular, lidded box with two levels, base flat and speckled gold and black, interiors also speckled. Exterior walls and lid are matte black colour with gold and rose leaves and blossoms on the walls. The lid is gold and rose flowering plant twining around bamboo stake. Scuffed lightly on base. All three rims fit flushly.
Subject
households
decorative
Japanese
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0324
Images
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