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BOX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The box is round with a detachable cover. On the cover is a print of two old soldiers who are pushing a wheelbarrow on which there is a drum. One smokes a pipe and the other holds two rifles. Behind them is a dog who is tied to the cart. Another dog runs ahead. In the right background is a large house. The rest of the box is in red lacquer.

Object name:
BOX
Made from:
Lacquer -- print
Made in:
GERMANY
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.35.1-2
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION at bottom of cover: Field Music, Feldmusick
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973