| 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 |
