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Ashtray
Designed by: Wolfgang Hoffmann (American, born Austria, 1900–1969)
and: Pola Hoffmann (American, born in Poland, 1902–1984)
Manufactured by: Early American Pewter Company
and: Pola Hoffmann (American, born in Poland, 1902–1984)
Manufactured by: Early American Pewter Company
about 1930
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Pewter
Dimensions
Overall: 4.4 x 11.4 x 12.7 cm (1 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1402
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionA pewter ashtray with a flat bottom and curved and cubed sides. Two curved pieces of metal balance off the edges of two sides to create cigarette holders.
ProvenanceBy 2008, owned by 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)