Details
Title Suggestion Box.
Title Lion's Mouth Box.
Date Ca. 1750
Physical Description Painted metal ; 11 3/8 x 8 x 5 5/8 inches.
Is referenced by Talbott, Page, ed. Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. New Haven and London: Yale University, 2005, p. 28.
Van Horne, John C. “The History and Collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia,” Magazine Antiques 70 (2)(2006): p. 58-59.
Notes A suggestion box with the face of a lion depicted and the words, "Gentlemen are Requested to deposit in the Lion's Mouth the titles of such Books as they may wish to have Imported" painted underneath.
Made for the Library Company.
Exhibited in, Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World (2005-2007).
Subject Library Company of Philadelphia.
Boxes.
Lions in art.
Genre Box.
Location OBJ 650
Accession number OBJ 650