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Johnson Wax Building Research Tower lighter

(American, 1867–1959)
designed 1947; manufactured 1947-50
Object PlacePossibly Racine, Wisconsin
Medium/TechniqueSilver with red paint
DimensionsOverall: 15.2 x 7 cm (6 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1260
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1985, owned by Morris-Galion (gallery), Milwaukee, Wisconsin; sold September 20, 1985 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)