Place MadeJapan
Title
Red lacquerware box
Mediumwood, lacquer
Object number1983.45.23
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA red container with gold and silver floral, black interior.ProvenanceOne of many objects acquired in token of having rescued Japanese castaways and brought home from Japan by Captain Mercator Cooper, ship Manhattan of Sag Harbor, 1844-45; descended in the family to his great-grandson and namesake, Judge Mercator Cooper Kendrick of Long Island (who was also a great-grandson of mariner John Kendrick, the first American to visit Japan, in the Lady Washington in 1791).On View
On view
Circa 1850
19th Century
Circa 1850
Circa 1906
Circa 1993
