Ashtray
Wolfgang Hoffmann
(American, born Austria, 1900–1969)
Pola Hoffmann
(American, born in Poland, 1902–1984)
about 1930
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniquePewter
DimensionsOverall: 5.1 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm (2 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1403
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
1843
possibly 18th century