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"Elephant" bookends (pair)

Designed by: Walter von Nessen (American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
Manufactured by: Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1933
Object Place: Waterbury, Connecticut

Medium/Technique Satin nickel, black nickel
Dimensions Overall (each): 11.4 x 14 x 5.1 cm (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 in.)
Credit Line The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1370.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionTwo (2) objects
Provenance2014, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)