First-grader's chest

Item number according to the museum receipts book:

СМК 80549

Name:

First-grader's chest

Dating

1935

Place of manufacture

USSR, ASSR of Volga Germans, Gmelinsky canton, village of Kano

Author, manufacturer

Grab

Material

wood, metal, leather, stain (?)

Manufacturing technique

carpentry, assembly

Dimensions: length, width, height or diameter (L, W, H, D)

22 x 28,5 x 9,5

Description of an artifact

  First-grader's chest In the shape of a parallelepiped, brown. The lid is hinged on two leather hinges, with a small leather handle. There is a five-pointed red star carved in the centre of the front panel, the letters ‘G V A’ at the bottom of the front panel, on the back panel and the lid. Belonged to Greb Ivan, made by his father.

Source and date of receipt of the museum piece:

gift of Tatiana Graf, 2023.

Inventory number given the second stage (scientific description) of bookkeeping at the museum

МДХ 3402 Number in the State Catalogue: 56429272

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