Box, Storage
Round box painted red, Mount Lebanon, NY
Description
Steam-bent maple round box rim with three swallow-tails secured by copper tacks. Rim fitted to round white pine header on the bottom, held by copper points. Painted red on the inside, outside, and underside of bottom.
Notes
This box was found in shoemaker's bench 1961.12839.1. The box originally contained a scrap of leather, probably a remnant from shoe-making or shoe repair, which has since been lost.