"ISAAC CHANDLER'S BOX"

Date1825-1845

MediumWood and paint

DimensionsOH: 3 1/2"; OW: 7 5/8"

Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Effie Thixton Arthur

Object number1979.708.1

DescriptionRound box with carved and painted lid; pinwheel carved into center of top and highlighted with green (possibly originally blue?) paint; the name "ISAAC CHANDLER" painted around pinwheel with bands of green paint around permieter of lid and pinwheel.
CONSTRUCTION: Sides of box and lid wrapped around bottom and top respectively, and pegged to selves and to edges of bottom and top.
Inscribed"ISAAC CHANDLER" painted on top; on underside of top: pencil drawing of a windmill; pencil inscriptions of namds, two of which appear to have the last name "King", and date "1842".