Object Number 1965.1724

Object Name

Box (Trunk)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Connecticut or New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

The origin of this object may have been New York according to an earlier, unidentified cataloguer. Gina Martin and Lois Tucker publish it as "characteristic of the Connecticut Filley shop" in Bloomfield, CT. (p. 82).

Date

1800-1850

Materials

Tinned sheet iron; Brass; Iron wire; Asphaltum; Paint

Techniques

Japanned

Dimensions (inches)

5.7 (H) , 8.8 (L) , 4.1 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.6 (H) , 22.4 (L) , 10.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Martin, Gina & Tucker, Lois. 2004 American Painted Tinware: A Guide to Its Identification. 3.
• Published: p. 82, fig. 3.33.