"Horse" 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/TechniquePolished brass
DimensionsOverall (each): 15.9 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm (6 1/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1374.1-2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance2005, owned by Mark McDonald (dealer), Hudson, New York; January 21, 2005, sold by McDonald 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)
