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Female Mask and Butterflies
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818ca. 1900
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Rectangular, with curved corners, top, bottom, and sides, featuring female mask with pendant earrings, long hair tendrils, and butterfly wings framing her face, smaller butterflies above, on lid, and below. Reverse features open reserve with monogram HB, framed by stylized curves and butterflies. Lid hinged on side. Striker in recessed groove on bottom.
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Details
- Title: Female Mask and Butterflies
- Creator: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
- Date Created: ca. 1900
- Location Created: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Silver
- Credit line: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
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