Object Details
Artist
Hubert Latham, 1883-1912
Physical Description
Circular metal box with monoplane (Antoinette Monoplane) and pilot in a cloudy sky painted on the lid. Image surrounded by narrow gold border. Sides and bottom metallic red with ornmental gold border pattern on side edge of lid. Interior plain, silver tone. No maker marks on box or lid.
Summary
In the first decade after the Wright brothers' first successful flights in 1903, public fascination with aviation grew. The airplane soon became part of popular culture. Airplanes and flight related themes began to appear in jewelry, clocks, games, decorative boxes, postcards, and more. This small decorated box depicts an Antoinette Monoplane.
Credit Line
Gift of Henry S. Villard
Date
ca. 1910
Inventory Number
A19840704000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
Materials
Overall: Enameled Brass
Dimensions
3-D (16g): 2.7 × 5.5cm (1 1/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Country of Origin
France
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Exhibition
Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19840704000