Sujet

Needle case with ballooning scenes, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Needle case with ballooning scenes, late 18th-early 19th century. The first successful flights in hot air balloons in the 1780s triggered a craze for 'ballooniana'. Enameled brass needle case with lid. Cylindrical with rounded ends. Red with four ballooning scenes, two on the base and two smaller scenes on the lid. Each scene is different, but they all show people on the ground looking at balloons in the sky. There are white embellishments around each scene and on the red background.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A88_285

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

90,5Mo (3,0Mo) / 41,2cm x 55,0cm / 4872 x 6496 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation education arts country flight art balloons balloon color hot air balloon souvenir location century aviation memento air Transport United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution 19th century National Air and Space Museum Educational Institution 18th century air and space museum Eighteenth Century nineteenth century American America USA scientific institution ballooniana object united states Unknown container 0 gas balloon Heritage Art needle case 19th-century NASM ART-Miscellaneous