277: CRANE & BREED COFFIN MFG. CO. ADVTG PAPERWEIGHT

Cast turtle with underside reading 'The Crane & Breed Mfg. Co., Quality First.'
Background from coachbuilt.com: 'The history of Crane & Breed can be traced back to a New York inventor named Almond Dunbar Fisk (1818-1850) who in 1848 designed and patented "An air-tight coffin of cast or raised metal". Form-fit to the body, it resembled an Egyptian sarcophagus with sculpted arms and a glass window for viewing the face of the deceased.'
Measures 3 inches.
Good condition.
$40 - $80