File:"Brownies" Characters Matchsafe, 1894 (CH 18495549).jpg
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English: "Brownies" Characters Matchsafe, 1894
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Made by Gorham Manufacturing Company |
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English: "Brownies" Characters Matchsafe, 1894 |
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English: Rectangular, with rounded corners, the front decorated with two enameled images of elfin-like "Brownies" characters, each holding a fishing pole. Both with wide eyes, rosy cheeks, protruding bellies and long, skinny legs, the figure on the left, gazing towards the right, wears a yellow cap with green pom-pom, blue shirt, white knickers, brown stockings, pointed black shoes; figure on the right, gazing left towards other character, wears a purple and black pointed cap, green shirt, off-white knickers, blue stockings, pointed brown shoes. Reverse is undecorated. Lid is hinged on right. Recessed striker on bottom. |
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| Date | 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | silver, enamel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 6.1 x 4 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in. ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Product Design and Decorative Arts |
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1978-146-55 |
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| Credit line | Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Lion passant, an anchor, upper-case gothic "G", STERLING, are all stamped on front bezel. On reverse bezel, the date symbol for 1894 (circle with arrow on upper right) and the number 1085 are stamped. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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