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Bird Motif
Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens1870–80
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Rectangular, curved sides, snuff-box style container, featuring cover of black printed decoration on gold ground of bird with long feathered tail perched on flowered branch; thumb catch to right inscribed "Bryant & May's Wax Vetsas, Made in England", small cross design on rest of body. Striker on reverse.
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Details
- Title: Bird Motif
- Creator: Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens
- Date Created: 1870–80
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Plated tin, printed , gilded
- Credit line: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
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