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Ashtray set (four pieces)
Peter Muller-Munk (American, born in Germany, 1904 – 1967)
about 1928–1931
Object Place: New York, New York
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (together): 6 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm (2 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1417.1-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionFour pieces; The first is a silver rectangular tray with a flat base. The sides widen out from the base and have flat edges. A semicircle is cut out of the middle of each edge. The second piece is a smaller tray that sits inside the first and is identical to it. In the middle of the smaller tray, thin arches extend up from the base. Three sit vertically side by side on the length of the tray and one on each width to create a rectangle. Inside the rectangular box of arches sits a thin rectangular cigarette case with curved edges, rising to twice the height of the arches. The top of the case has a wide and flat edged rim.
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)