Box (Trick box)

Museum Object Number 1964.2017

Object Name

Box (Trick box)

Category

Toys and Games

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Absalom Bixler (Maker)

Date of Birth

1802

Date of Death

1884

Place of Origin

Denver, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1870-1880

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Tulip poplar; Paint; Iron

Techniques

Carved, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

3.4 (H) , 3.3 (W) , 3 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

8.7 (H) , 8.4 (W) , 7.7 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Sloan, David. 1992 "Nasty Boxes: Snappy Little Stocking Stuffers That Bite". American Woodworker. 29: 42-43.
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[Book] Garvan, Beatrice B. 1982 The Pennsylvania German Collection.
• Similar trick box listed as fig. no. 2, p. 85.
[Article] Bixler, Miriam E. 1977 "David Bixler, Folk Artist". Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. 81 (1): 31-38.
• For information on the artist, see pp. 30-31.