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"Octaball" bookends (pair)
"Octaball" bookends (pair)

"Octaball" bookends (pair)

Walter von Nessen (American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1933; made about 1933
Object PlaceWaterbury, Connecticut
Medium/TechniquePolished brass, polished copper
DimensionsOverall (each): 14 x 10.8 x 6.4 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1372.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2004, owned by Historical Design (Daniel Morris), New York, New York; August 19, 2004, sold by Historical Design 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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