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Attributed to (1813 - 1855)
Painted decoration by (1813 - 1887)
Related Person (1790 - 1860)

Trunk

Date1835-1840
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 4 in. (11.1 × 19.1 × 10.2 cm)
Object numberN0005.2020(02)
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum purchase, made possible through the generosity of David A. Schorsch
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextWomen often supplied the painted decoration in family-owned tinsmith shops. The decoration on this trunk relates closely to the artist’s watercolor still life also in this exhibition.
BibliographyMargaret Coffin, The History and Folklore of American Tinware 1700-1900 (New York, 1968), p. 130.

Gina Martin and Lois Tucker, American Painted Tinware, A Guide to Its Identification, Volume I (New York, 1997), p. 122, fig. 4.7.
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5798 STATE HIGHWAY 80
COOPERSTOWN NY, 13326
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