diff --git a/src/item/Item.js b/src/item/Item.js
index dc2e42b2..86153b70 100644
--- a/src/item/Item.js
+++ b/src/item/Item.js
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
 			paper.project.activeLayer.addChild(this);
 		this._style = PathStyle.create(this);
 		this.setStyle(this._project.getCurrentStyle());
+		this._matrix = new Matrix();
 	},
 
 	/**
@@ -715,6 +716,8 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
 			if (this.hasOwnProperty(key))
 				copy[key] = this[key];
 		}
+		// Use Matrix#initialize to easily copy over values.
+		copy._matrix.initialize(this._matrix);
 		// Copy over the selection state, use setSelected so the item
 		// is also added to Project#selectedItems if it is selected.
 		copy.setSelected(this._selected);
@@ -1303,6 +1306,10 @@ var Item = this.Item = Base.extend(Callback, /** @lends Item# */{
 		// Scriptographer behaves weirdly then too.
 		if (!children || children.length == 0)
 			return new Rectangle();
+		// Concate the nate the passed matrix with the inner one, or start with
+		// one.
+		matrix = matrix ? matrix.clone().concatenate(this._matrix)
+				: this._matrix;
 		var x1 = Infinity,
 			x2 = -x1,
 			y1 = x1,
diff --git a/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js b/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
index 30d66f3b..b7f67700 100644
--- a/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
+++ b/src/item/PlacedSymbol.js
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ var PlacedSymbol = this.PlacedSymbol = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends PlacedSymbol
 
 	draw: function(ctx, param) {
 		if (param.selection) {
-			Item.drawSelectedBounds(this.symbol._definition.getStrokeBounds(),
-					ctx, this._matrix);
+			Item.drawSelectedBounds(this._getBounds('bounds'), ctx, this._matrix);
 		} else {
 			ctx.save();
 			this._matrix.applyToContext(ctx);
diff --git a/src/item/Raster.js b/src/item/Raster.js
index 63cb8eb0..4d5d9907 100644
--- a/src/item/Raster.js
+++ b/src/item/Raster.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 /*#*/ } // options.server
 			this.setImage(object);
 		}
-		this._matrix = new Matrix();
 	},
 
 	clone: function() {
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ var Raster = this.Raster = PlacedItem.extend(/** @lends Raster# */{
 			image.getContext('2d').drawImage(this._canvas, 0, 0);
 		}
 		var copy = new Raster(image);
-		copy._matrix = this._matrix.clone();
 		return this._clone(copy);
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/text/PointText.js b/src/text/PointText.js
index 638b75ab..5bc9215c 100644
--- a/src/text/PointText.js
+++ b/src/text/PointText.js
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ var PointText = this.PointText = TextItem.extend(/** @lends PointText# */{
 	},
 
 	clone: function() {
-		var copy = this._clone(new PointText(this._point));
-		// Use Matrix#initialize to easily copy over values.
-		copy._matrix.initialize(this._matrix);
-		return copy;
+		return this._clone(new PointText(this._point));
 	},
 
 	/**