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Offline tallbear

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Froggy Tobacco Box
« 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.

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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2018, 06:00:29 AM »
Frog Morton

Offline jim alford

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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2018, 07:52:30 AM »
Do you know the signifigance of the pipe smoking frog ?

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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #3 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.

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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2018, 04:12:29 PM »
 First the head shake and the word @!*%, then the thought...Assume!

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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2018, 04:38:19 PM »
Great work,...went great with my coffee. -Aaron
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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #6 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

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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2018, 06:57:57 PM »
Sure is nice work for sure.

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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2018, 07:26:32 PM »
Frog you went a courtin' he did ride Mm-hmm!
Nice work Mitch.  I want one!
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Re: Froggy Tobacco Box
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2018, 08:54:46 PM »
Pretty cool stuff Mitch, nicely done!!!
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