Mauchline Ware Bank- The Flume, White Mountains, N. H.

Art

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2013.0014.0001

Description

Item is a light-colored wooden souvenir bank featuring a black drawing labeled, "The Flume, White Mountains, N. H." The item is a piece of Mauchline ware. The image features a walkway through the rocky mountain gorge with a man and a woman standing at its base. The item is shellacked (cracking). It appears to be a complete box, with a small 1.5" slit in the front face. There are lateral and horizontal etched details around the four exterior sides.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, Varnish, Ink

Collection

Bailey Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2013.0014

Source or Donor

Mrs. Joanne Bailey

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Role

Artist

Date made

1850 - 1933

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bank, Toy

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tourism, Gorges, People, Wooden box industry, Walkways, Tourist trade, Rivers, Flumes, Banks, Souvenirs

Search Terms

Flume, The (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), Franconia Notch (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley)

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Depth

2-1/2 in

Condition

Notes

There are several surface nicks from wear over time. The shellac is cracking. There is one notable crack in the top surface which extends from the right side through almost half of the decorative image.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Bolduc, Lindsay Status Date: 2013-08-15 Scan ID#: WM201300554; WM201300555; WM201300556 UDF03: NHHN EXPORT