Trinket box

Title
Trinket box
Year/Period
1920s
Region
Singapore
Material
Metal
Dimension
Object size: L:20.0 x W:26.5 x H:5.3
Accession No.
2000-07340
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

This box was used to store small pieces of jewellery. It would have been placed on a woman’s vanity table or dresser.

 

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