Basket, Bread
- Object Name:
- Basket, Bread
- Object ID:
- 1927.015.02
- Place of Origin:
- Stevens Plains, ME/Westbrook, ME
- Date:
- 1820-1840
- Description:
- Bread Basket. Painted tin. Oval with rounded ends. Edge rolled over a wire. Painted black outside and deep red "asphaltum" inside. Wide border around inside rim with freehand design of "apples" alternating with long pointed leaves against a white background. Black line separating border from interior.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-3.25 W-6.7 D-12 inches
- Provenance:
- Labelled with John Calvin Thorne's name and address but no date of receipt by the NHHS. Assumed to be among the things received from Mr. Thorne in this accession as it is the only accession with his name. Said to be a Stevens Plains Design identified by the Brazier Guild. Stevens Plains is now called Westbrook, ME. It became a center for tinworkers after the industry was started there by Zachariah Brackett Stevens in 1798.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John Calvin Thorne
- People:
- Thorne, John Calvin (1842-1929)
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