Collection Highlights
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
1954.11
Leather, metal, glass, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box
Object name
Box
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Mahogany
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 2 3/4 x 1 in. ( 2.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Oval mahogany box (possibly a pill box) with trick opening mechanism; false hinged top swings open, and then secondary top is slid off of dovetail at end and swings on same hinge.
Object Number
Z.1847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
