The upper section with shaped paneled doors enclosing a fitted interior, one door interior with brass plaque engraved, "Originally the Property/ of John Bartram/Owner of Bartram's Garden/The first botanist Garden/ in the United States/Founded 1728/on the Banks of the/ Schuylkill River, Philadelphia/Obtained From the/Phillips Collection," the lower section slant lid opens to drawers, pigeon holes and covered well.