Ashtray
Wolfgang Hoffmann
(American, born Austria, 1900–1969)
Pola Hoffmann
(American, born in Poland, 1902–1984)
about 1930
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniquePewter
DimensionsOverall: 4.4 x 11.4 x 12.7 cm (1 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 5 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1402
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2008, owned by 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)
Johann Wolfgang van der Auvera
14th–15th century (?)
18th century
possibly 18th century