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"Coronet" coffee urn, Model No. 17088
Image Not Available for "Coronet" coffee urn, Model No. 17088

"Coronet" coffee urn, Model No. 17088

Walter von Nessen (American, born in Germany, 1889–1943)
Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1938; manufactured 1938–42
Object PlaceWaterbury, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueChrome-plated brass, Bakelite (plastic), and Lucite (plastic)
DimensionsOverall: 33 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm (13 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1379a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTableware
Collections
Provenance2014, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
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