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Fishing motif

Unknownpatented 1871

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Oblong, curved sides and corners; one side featuring incised and inlaid decoration of trout leaping out of water, situated horizontally on box body, its back a dark, oxidized color, its underside brass, fins and eyes copper, stalk-like vegetation on right, some vegetation on left, fishing line with fly attached suspended in air on upper left; reverse features fisherman, situated vertically on box, with fishing rod line caught in seat of his pants, he wears dark, oxidized jacket and shoes, brass colored hat and shirt, copper colored pants, grassy bank brass color, with brass tipped cattails on right and left. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.

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  • Title: Fishing motif
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: patented 1871
  • Physical Dimensions: w33 x h64 x d13 cm
  • Type: Matchsafe
  • Rights: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
  • Medium: Silver, brass, copper
  • Provenance: Collection of Carol B. Brener and Stephen W. Brener
  • Markings: PAT. JAN.3.71 stamped on bezel.
  • Exhibitions: Frederick Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, May 19-Oct 22, 2006Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, Jan 7-Apr 1, 2007
  • Dimensions: 6.4 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm (2 1/2 x 1 5/16 x 1/2 in. )
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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