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"To-Day" flower basket
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 (copper?) and rosewood
Dimensions
Overall: 18.4 x 24.1 x 14.6 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1453
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionThe fluted basin of the silver-plated elliptical flower basket flares gently from bottom to top and has a wide, everted rim. The flat handles are the same width as the rim and project perpendicularly from the basin at the intersection of two flutes on opposing sides, piercing the rim. The handles, which gently arc into the basket as they reach the base, extend through the rim and are capped lengthwise with wooden cylinders.
Marks
Marked on base:
TODAY ["T" is slightly bigger than rest]
A
Kem Weber [in script]
DESIGN
[in a diamond pattern:] "J" (crown symbol) "F"
E.P.- N.S.
18E1
D [in a circle]
TODAY ["T" is slightly bigger than rest]
A
Kem Weber [in script]
DESIGN
[in a diamond pattern:] "J" (crown symbol) "F"
E.P.- N.S.
18E1
D [in a circle]
ProvenanceBy 2004, owned by Dennis Bose of Monterey Bay, CA; September 17, 2004 sold by Bose on eBay to John Axelrod , Boston, Massachusetts (eBay item #6119394507); 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)