Decorative arts
Sailor’s Trinket Box
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- Date
- ca. 1830
- Accession number
- L2015.41.28
- Maker
- Unknown, American(Opens in new tab) (American)
- Dimensions
- 4 x 11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (10.2 x 29.2 x 16.5 cm.)
- Medium
- pine with wax inlay
- Description
- A highly decorated dresser top trinket box; lift lid chip carving along the top edge with generous flat base molding. The surface of the box is profusely decorated with various floral and bird devices; a large star and script initials "G.M." on the top; each end panels with peacocks. Wax inlay work was often done by sailors who saved sealing wax for use in these artful productions.
- Credit
- Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
