Oval box

1815-1850

Measurements

10 in x 9-5/8 in x 7-1/2 in

Materials

Painted tinned sheet iron

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, bequest of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1968.851

Condition Notes

Much of the painted decoration has flaked off on the lower half of the box and from fewer places on the lid.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The tall, straight-sided, oval box has a domed, hinged lid with an oval wire handle attached to the center.  The top and bottom edges of the lid are rolled for strength, as is the top and bottom of the body of the box.  The box is made of sheet iron seamed at the side.  The hinged hasp in the center front has a rolled bottom edge.

The box is painted red with yellow and green floral bands, a yellow guilloche band around the lid, and ornate floral compositions on the side.  Painted boxes such as this were made in New York and Connecticut, and likely other places as well.