Pillbox
- Object Name:
- Pillbox
- Object ID:
- 1973.055.04 a-b
- Description:
- Pillbox (snuff box ?), round, black wood and paper. In center, picture of woman with red headdress and green blouse, rimmed in brass under glass. Diameter of rim: 1.2". Paper insert. Heavy black or dark brown-painted finish, slightly glossy in some areas. Really worn around edges. Small chips missing in one area. Heavy paperboard liner that creates lip around edge. That paper deteriorated in one area. Coming apart. Water staining along one side of image in top. Figure in image has long curved plume coming from top of headdress curving down to left side. Bodice vertical pleats. Long, curly hair reaching down to dress. Large puffy sleeves.
- Material:
- Paper
Glass
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 D-0.6 Dia-2.8 inches Weight-0.85 oz
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. H. M. Noyes
- Subjects:
- Boxes, Headdresses
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