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Decorative arts
Decorated Document Box
1 of 9
- Date
- ca. 1806 - 1840
- Accession number
- 2016.25.45
- Maker
- Elijah and Elisha North(Opens in new tab) (American)
- Dimensions
- 5 1/2 × 9 × 4 1/2 in. (14 × 22.9 × 11.4 cm.)
- Medium
- tin, brass, and paint
- Description
- Tole decorated tin document box; mounted with original brass bail handle; decorated with red, white and yellow asphalyum ground on three sides and the top; typical of the workshop of Elijah and Elisha North of Stevens Plains (now Westbrook), Maine 1806-1840.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
- Department
- American Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
