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Trinket Box

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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0325
Description
Almost square, lidded box, flat based and shallow. Gold speckled throughout with blossoming trees in slate-blue and gold. Gold birds (two) and slate-blue signature beside tree on lid. Lid sits over box rim.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
wood
Dimensions
3.5 x 8.2 x 8.8 cm
Description
Almost square, lidded box, flat based and shallow. Gold speckled throughout with blossoming trees in slate-blue and gold. Gold birds (two) and slate-blue signature beside tree on lid. Lid sits over box rim.
Subject
households
decorative
Japanese
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0325
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