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General discussion => Contemporary Accoutrements => Topic started by: tallbear on December 24, 2018, 04:20:59 AM

Title: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: tallbear on December 24, 2018, 04:20:59 AM
     This box was commissioned by the wife of one of my customers as a Christmas gift.It's not a copy of any one box but a composite of a couple 18th century boxes.The smoking frog has significance to the new owner and was a request.The box is 4" across and about 1 1/4" high.It is tinned on the interior as better boxes of the time were.

Mitch Yates


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Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: J.E. Moore on December 24, 2018, 06:00:29 AM
Frog Morton
Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: jim alford on December 24, 2018, 07:52:30 AM
Do you know the signifigance of the pipe smoking frog ?
Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: J.E. Moore on December 24, 2018, 02:43:18 PM
Mcclelland's makes a line of pipe tobacco's with the character Frog Morton on there packaging that's real similar. That's what I thought when I see it.
Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: Tim Crosby on December 24, 2018, 04:12:29 PM
 First the head shake and the word @!*%, then the thought...Assume!

  Tim 
Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: aaronc on December 24, 2018, 04:38:19 PM
Great work,...went great with my coffee. -Aaron
Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: tallbear on December 24, 2018, 05:37:08 PM
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Frog Morton

While the frog does bear resemblance to the "Frog Morton" frog it is used here as it is based  on an 18th century pub song.The customer wanted the frog as a "remembrance" to a lost childhood friend.

mitch
Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: J.E. Moore on December 24, 2018, 06:57:57 PM
Sure is nice work for sure.
Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: smallpatch on December 24, 2018, 07:26:32 PM
Frog you went a courtin' he did ride Mm-hmm!
Nice work Mitch.  I want one!
Title: Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
Post by: Robby on December 24, 2018, 08:54:46 PM
Pretty cool stuff Mitch, nicely done!!!
Robby