On View
Not on viewGold Leaf
Date1800s
Terms
- Gold Leaf
- Tin
- Gold
- Paper
- Paint
- Acton
Dimensions7.61 × 22.84 × 10.15 cm (3 × 9 × 4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Seymour and Paula DiMare (2008)
Object number2008.1.1
DescriptionBox of gold leaf, supply used for decorating bellows. Contained in an antique tin box, painted black with gold and red rectangles. Loop handles on each end of the trunk. Each sheet of gold leaf is wrapped in brown paper. Box contains an envelope containing loose gold leaf. The envelope is addressed, "Mr. Davis/ Bellows Manufacturer/ Acton/ Mass." Postmark illegible.
Object number: PER1406G
Object number: PER1406B
Object number: PER1406D
Object number: PER1406A
Object number: PER1406E
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