Toys and Games
Absalom Bixler (Maker)
Denver, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1870-1880
Tulip poplar; Paint; Iron
Carved, Painted
1964.2017
Object Number1964.2017 |
Box (Trick box)
Toys and Games
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Absalom Bixler (Maker)
1802-1884
Denver, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1870-1880
Animals
Tulip poplar; Paint; Iron
Carved, Painted
3.4 (H) , 3.3 (W) , 3 (D)
8.7 (H) , 8.4 (W) , 7.7 (D)
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[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.