Box for writing utensils with design of plum and willow
mid to late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueWood, decorated in gold and silver lacquer with silver foil; silvered-metal water dropper; inkstone with lacquered rim
DimensionsOverall: 12.6 x 11.2 x 2.6 cm (4 15/16 x 4 7/16 x 1 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number21.2304a-f
On View
Not on viewClassificationsLacquer works
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ProvenanceLent by H. L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
Early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century