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"Cat" bookends (pair)
Designed by: Walter von Nessen (American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1933
Object Place: Waterbury, Connecticut
Medium/Technique
Polished copper
Dimensions
Overall (each): 18.4 x 11.4 x 7 cm (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1373.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionTwo (2) objects
ProvenanceJanuary 9, 2005 sold on eBay by "emdeco" of Portland, Oregon to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)