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Culture:American (probably)
Title:salt box
Date Made:1760-1795
Type:Food Service
Materials:wood: white pine; paint
Place Made:United States; Connecticut (probably)
Measurements:overall: 10 x 7 1/8 x 5 in.; 25.4 x 18.0975 x 12.7 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1786
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Elaborately carved salt box covered with the original Spanish brown paint. According to Fales, the chip carving on the box represents a continuation of an earlier type of chip carving that was popular in the Friesland section of Holland ("Frisian Carving") as well as in Scandinavia. However, the technique used in America was not as crisp as the European. Both boxes and spoon racks are found with this decoration, and the technique continued into the 1800's. There are three decorative forms with circular tops on the top back edge of the box; the box is covered with geometric patterns, spirals and stars, on the top lid and front; the sides are plain.

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