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Engine Company No. 13
H. Barnes1831–44
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Scene depicts firemen pulling Engine No. 13 toward a burning house. Yellow ground color, block printed in pink and white distemper colors and in olive green/brown with glossy finish. This design continues three times around the circumference of the box. Border paper around lid: on green ground, branching stem block-printed in white and pink.
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Details
- Title: Engine Company No. 13
- Creator: H. Barnes
- Date Created: 1831–44
- Physical Dimensions: w355 x h440 x d310 cm
- Type: Bandbox and lid
- Rights: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- Medium: Block-printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support
- Provenance: Ex-coll.: Alexander Drake, no. 23
- Markings: Printed label pasted inside lid: "H. BARNES"/ BANDBOX/ MANUFACTORY,/ No. 33 Jones' Alley/ Near Second Street, Opposite Christ Church,/ PHILADELPHIA./ FANCY & RIBBON BOXES MADE IN HANDSOME STYLE/..."
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 44 x 35.5 x 31cm (17 5/16 x 14 x 12 3/16in.)
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