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Compote

(American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
(active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1930
Object PlaceWaterbury, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueCopper (spun)
DimensionsOverall: 22.86 x 12.07 cm (9 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1278
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2006, owned by Greg Nanamura (dealer), New York, New York; January 26, 2006, sold by Nanamura 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)
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"Arch" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1931–33
"Ring" bookends (pair)
"Ring" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1931; made about 1931–33
"Octaball" bookends (pair)
"Octaball" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1933; made about 1933
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"Cat" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1933
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Box
Walter von Nessen
1931
"Gothic" bookends (pair)
"Gothic" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1931; made about 1931–33
Group shot: 2014.1368.1-2
"Spiral" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1931–33
"Elephant" bookends (pair)
"Elephant" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1933
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"Horse" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1933
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Cube Cigarette Holder
Walter von Nessen
designed 1931; made 1937–39
"Lazy Boy Smoker's Stand"
"Lazy Boy Smoker's Stand"
Walter von Nessen
designed in 1933
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Pair of lamps
Walter von Nessen
1930–40