Object Details
Physical Description
Stick pin with 3-dimensional dark or burnished gold colored biplane (Voisin Biplane). Stick is soldered approximately where landing gear would be. Fuselage frame is visible, rib markings on top of upper wing and top and sides of tail. Circa 1910.
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 stick pin is of a Voisin Biplane.
Credit Line
Gift of Henry S. Villard
Date
ca. 1910
Inventory Number
A19840703000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
AWARDS-Miscellaneous
Materials
Overall: Metal (gold alloy)
Dimensions
3-D (1g): 6.3 × 1.4 × 0.9cm (2 1/2 × 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
Country of Origin
France
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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_A19840703000