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"Disc" candlesticks (pair)
Image Not Available for "Disc" candlesticks (pair)

"Disc" candlesticks (pair)

Ruth Gerth (American, 1897–1952)
William Gerth (American, dates unknown)
Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
designed about 1934; manufactured 1935–38
Object PlaceWaterbury, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueChrome-plated brass
DimensionsOverall (each): 12.1 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm (4 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1380.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
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