{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"716"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Jerome and Lillian Weiner in memory of Barney and Ray Seltzer of Providence, RI."},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1900"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1985     5    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1985.5.1"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"(including construction) Oversized three dimensional replica of razor blade; the case of two sides in the half round pinned at one end and hinged at the other. Hinge holds razor blade with shaped tip and rounded spine terminating in projecting thumbhold."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Tin"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1596/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"1596"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Tin Razor Blade"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","The Medieval custom of giving anniversary gifts made of materials of increasing value was reinterpreted in this country in a uniquely American fashion.  The mid to late 19th century saw the tenth anniversay become the scene of riotous celebration where whimsical gifts made of tin were presented to a couple to mark their tenth, or tin, anniversary.  Often these gifts were oversized replicas of everyday items or anecdotal pieces directly relating to a specific couple's history.  This razor blade, found in Vermont, seems to belong to the family of Anniversary tin, though no definite answer has been established."]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"152715"},"geographyState":{"value":"Vermont"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Tools and Equipment"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","The Medieval custom of giving anniversary gifts made of materials of increasing value was reinterpreted in this country in a uniquely American fashion.  The mid to late 19th century saw the tenth anniversay become the scene of riotous celebration where whimsical gifts made of tin were presented to a couple to mark their tenth, or tin, anniversary.  Often these gifts were oversized replicas of everyday items or anecdotal pieces directly relating to a specific couple's history.  This razor blade, found in Vermont, seems to belong to the family of Anniversary tin, though no definite answer has been established."]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1880"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1880\u20131900"},"curatorialRemarks":{"label":"Curatorial Remarks","value":""},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"2 x 1 3/4 x 15 \" (5.1 x 4.4 x 38.1 cm)"}}]}