Wooden Box

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Object Name: 
Wooden Box
Place Made: 
Europe (bottle)
India, Gujarat (decoration)
Accession Number: 
2002.1.1 F
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1725-1750
Primary Description: 
Brass, wood. Hinged lid and 3 brass handles and a brass lock, interior divided into sections for 4 flasks and a center hole for the funnel.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern

Publications (1)

Nested Containers for Maritime Journeys: Tools of Aromatic Diplomacy Around the Late Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century Indian Ocean (2018) illustrated, p. 200; BIB# 718781

Objects in Set (6)

Gilded Flask with Stopper
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 A
Gilded Flask with Stopper
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 B
 
Gilded Flask with Stopper
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 C
Gilded Flask with Stopper
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 D
 
Gilded Brass Funnel
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1 E
4 Flasks with Funnel in Wooden Box
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:2002.1.1