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"Horse" bookends (pair)
Designed by: Walter von Nessen (American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
Manufactured by: Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
Manufactured by: Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1933
Object Place: Waterbury, Connecticut
Medium/Technique
Polished brass
Dimensions
Overall (each): 15.9 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm (6 1/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1374.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionTwo (2) objects
Provenance2005, owned by Mark McDonald (dealer), Hudson, New York; January 21, 2005, sold by McDonald 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)