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.
Display Status
This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Object Details
Date
ca. 1910
Country of Origin
France
Type
MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
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. "LATHAM" in black block letters at center bottom. No maker marks on box or lid.
Dimensions
3-D (16g): 2.7 × 5.5cm (1 1/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Materials
Overall: Enameled Brass
Inventory Number
A19840704000
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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