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Cigarette Box

(American, 1898–1986)
(American, 1882–1971)
(active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1933; made about 1934-37
Object PlaceWaterbury, Connecticut
Medium/TechniquePolished brass, polished copper or bronze
DimensionsOverall: 4.1 x 16.5 x 13.7 cm (1 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1376
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1985, owned by Red Zebra Gallery (Dennis Galion) Milwaukee, Wisconsin; sold August 27, 1985 Galion 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)
Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild
designed about 1933; made about 1934-37
Group shot: 2009.2215-6
Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild
1938–41
Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild
designed about 1933; manufactured 1934-37
Hexagonal cigarette box
Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild
1935
Group shot: 2014.1294.1-8
Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild
designed about 1929
"Octaball" bookends (pair)
Walter von Nessen
designed about 1933; made about 1933
Pair of candlesticks
Elsa Tennhardt
designed 1928