Trinket Box with Eagle Decoration1820–18406 3/8 × 14 7/8 × 8 1/8"Paint on woodEva and Morris Feld Folk Art Acquisition Fund1981.12.21015222037Artist unidentifiedContainersThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24596United StatesThree Dimensional WorksFURNITUREThe eagle became popular as a design source after its adoption in 1782 on the Great Seal of the United States. It went through some transitions before its last accepted and now familiar form. After times of national stress or celebration, such as the War of 1812, its use became ever more widespread, appearing on textiles, wall hangings, furniture, and domestic items such as this box. For information on the use of eagles as motif see also 1982.6.4.
From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, Americans kept their belongings in many different types of boxes. This "trinket" box contains nine small compartments for storage. The interior has been sponge-decorated yellow and brown.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Trinket Box with Eagle Decoration," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 64http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24596http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24596http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2459618201840 1981 12 21 FURNITUREThe eagle became popular as a design source after its adoption in 1782 on the Great Seal of the United States. It went through some transitions before its last accepted and now familiar form. After times of national stress or celebration, such as the War of 1812, its use became ever more widespread, appearing on textiles, wall hangings, furniture, and domestic items such as this box. For information on the use of eagles as motif see also 1982.6.4.
From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, Americans kept their belongings in many different types of boxes. This "trinket" box contains nine small compartments for storage. The interior has been sponge-decorated yellow and brown.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Trinket Box with Eagle Decoration," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 64