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Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett. Sized and color-correc…
Strong Box
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett. Sized and color-correc…
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett. Sized and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Strong Box

CultureUnknown
Dateca. 1816
MediumIron
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (44.5 x 39.4 x 74.9 cm)
Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House
Object number97.49.67
On View
On view
DescriptionA strong box with a lattice-work surface of riveted sheet iron, large wrought iron bail handles on the ends, a lift top secured with two wrought iron hasps on the front face, an applied pierced and stamped decorative false escutcheon on the face, and a large keyhole and original iron key on the top.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House/Consul Room Published ReferencesSotheby's, _Haute Epoque: Important Early Furniture & Tapestries_ Sale LO5311, auction cat., London, England, November 1, 2005, 14-15, cat. no. 6.
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