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"Silver Style" water pitcher
Designed by: Kem (Karl Emanuel Martin) Weber (American, born in Germany, 1889–1963)
Manufactured by: Friedman Silver Company (American, active 1908–1960)
Manufactured by: Friedman Silver Company (American, active 1908–1960)
designed 1928
Object Place: Brooklyn, New York
Medium/Technique
Silver-plated metal and Brazilian rosewood
Dimensions
Overall: 21.3 x 18.1 x 9.8 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1452
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
DescriptionThe smooth, unadorned cylindrical body of the silver-plated pitcher curves in towards the base to meet a thin, circular band that composes the foot. The semi-elliptical spout rises at an angle from the body of the pitcher just above the base and flares out. The peak of the spout rises higher than the top rim of the body. On the opposing side, the strap handle emerges perpendicularly from the top edge for 1 ¼ inches and then extends downward, parallel to the body of the pitcher, before arcing inward to connect to the pitcher at the foot. A rounded piece of rosewood, which measures ½ of the distance between the body of the pitcher and the parallel metal strap, is inset lengthwise along the inside of the metal handle. Interior shows marking from spinning during construction.
Marks
Stamped into base:
SILVER STYLE
A Kem Weber ("A" large and central; "Kem Weber" superposed on top in script)
DESIGN (within 2 horizontal lines)
"J" [a crown] "F" inclosed in a series of triangles and diamonds
E.P.--N.S.
10E4
D (in a circle)
SILVER STYLE
A Kem Weber ("A" large and central; "Kem Weber" superposed on top in script)
DESIGN (within 2 horizontal lines)
"J" [a crown] "F" inclosed in a series of triangles and diamonds
E.P.--N.S.
10E4
D (in a circle)
ProvenanceBy 2003, owned by Jack A. Delmond (location unknown); sold on eBay (item#2514047589) March 14, 2003 to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts (transaction aided by Antiques on Cambridge gallery); 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)