Watt & Shand box with lid. Top of box covered with repeated design paper showing Watt & Shand stores "Downtown" and "Park City" as well as bordered logo with "Watt & Shand Lancaster, PA." Bottom sides covered with black or dark colored paper bent over edges top and bottom.
Sides and top of exterior painted in bold colors - yellow, blue, neon orange circles, arranged like flowers with leaves. Bakc made with two extensions on top ends that function as pegs that hold the lid/top and allow it to open and close. Flush bottom nailed to sides. Interior and bottom are unfinished. Spatters of paint inside and out as well as worn off top designs indicate this box was used.
Oval tin box (A) with fitted, domed lid (B). Box has two raised bands on sides. Flat bottom of box is soldered to sides. Lid created by soldering a hammered, rounded oval top onto a 1/2" oval band. Interior of both A and B is tinned.
Used as a container for the miniature tea kettle G.00.03.1.
Lancaster County or region
Provenance
Ownership by donor's father, William A. Heitshu. Donor believes oval box was original container for teakettle.
Exterior surface has vestiges of an original finish, now oxidized with areas of corrosion. Abrasions over much of surface. Interior moderately rusted and corroded.
Object ID
G.00.03.2a-b
Credit
Gift of Martha Munster, Heritage Center Collection
Poplar / walnut dovetailed rectangular box with lid. Lid is attached with two brass hinges mounted with screws. Small hole in lid top indicates a missing knob or handle. Interior of box is lined with blue cotton flannel cloth printed in black with design.
Hinged metal box with lock. Chipped paint reveals base ivory paint with coat of red paint covering decals by lock and on top of box. Interior is solid ivory enamel paint. Two hooks on lid fit into lock on bottom center front.
