Decorated Document Box
Maker
Elijah and Elisha North
(American)
Additional Title(s)
- Tole Decorated Tin Document Box
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1806 - 1840
Mediumtin, brass, and paint
Dimensions5 1/2 × 9 × 4 1/2 in. (14 × 22.9 × 11.4 cm.)
DescriptionTole 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 LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
On viewObject number2016.25.45