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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.
On View
On view
Knife Sheath
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1830
Bag
Red River Metis
c. 1820
Shoe Shine Stand
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c. 1930-1942
Comb
Coast Salish
1800-1850
Sea Monster
David Butler
c. 1975
Artist's Box
William E. McMaster
c. 1845-1880
Bandolier Bag
Anishinaabe (Ojibwa)
c. 1860
Pouch Panel
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1777
Knife Box
Unidentified Artist
c. 1850
Birch Bark Box
Anishinaabe (eastern Ojibwa)
1847-1854
Cup
c. 1795-1820

5798 STATE HIGHWAY 80
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