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"Elephant" bookends (pair)
"Elephant" bookends (pair)

"Elephant" bookends (pair)

Walter von Nessen (American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1933
Object PlaceWaterbury, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueSatin nickel, black nickel
DimensionsOverall (each): 11.4 x 14 x 5.1 cm (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1370.1-2
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ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance2014, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
Group shot: 2014.1368.1-2
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