Crane & Breed Casket Company Elephant Paperweight
Item Details
An original paperweight from Cincinnati’s Crane & Breed Casket Company, in the shape of an elephant. This sweet paperweight features an elephant with its trunk raised high into the air as it sits comfortably on its rear. The paperweight has a worn, pewter finish with remnants of red paint and is marked ‘Crane & Breed Mfg. Co.’ to the bottom.
Crane & Breed was started in the 1850s after acquiring a patent by a man named Almond Dunbar Fisk, who is credited with creating the first form-fitting, airtight metal casket. After his untimely death, Fisk’s family sold his patent to what would become Crane & Breed Casket Company. This paperweight, and others like it, were promotional items for the company, as samples of their fine metalwork.
Condition
- finish is worn.
Dimensions
Item #
17CIN188-116
