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Toad
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818ca. 1890
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
In the shape of a toad, its feet folded up against body, its belly smooth, the back textured with bumps, some green patination in crevices. Hinge attached to top of head. Head (lid) flips backwards, hinge on back. Sides of thighs have hatch marks likely intended to serve as strikers.
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Details
- Title: Toad
- Creator: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
- Date Created: ca. 1890
- 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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