Trunk1815–18355 3/8 × 8 1/2 × 4 1/4"Paint and tinned sheet ironGift of the Historical Society of Early American Decoration58.13.12401548624204Buckley TinshopOliver BuckleyContainersThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24790Stevens Plains (now Westbrook)Stevens Plains (now Westbrook)United StatesMaineThree Dimensional WorkseMuseum - Collection HighlightsStevens Plains (now Westbrook)Oliver Buckley was among the Berlin, Connecticut, tinsmiths attracted to Stevens Plains after the success of Zachariah Stevens's business. He founded his shop there in 1807, producing ware characterized by geometrical designs and heart-shaped leaves. The Buckley trademark, however, is the design of a four-lobed salmon pink flower surrounded by four round salmon buds. This platform-top trunk is a shape possibly unique to Maine.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Trunk," in American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 317.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24790http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24790http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2479018151835 58 13 124 Oliver Buckley was among the Berlin, Connecticut, tinsmiths attracted to Stevens Plains after the success of Zachariah Stevens's business. He founded his shop there in 1807, producing ware characterized by geometrical designs and heart-shaped leaves. The Buckley trademark, however, is the design of a four-lobed salmon pink flower surrounded by four round salmon buds. This platform-top trunk is a shape possibly unique to Maine.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Trunk," in American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 317.