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Vase

Walter Kantack (American, 1889–1953)
about 1928
Medium/TechniquePewter with copper/brass band
DimensionsOverall: 23.2 x 13.7 cm (9 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1408
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1993, owned by American Decorative Arts (gallery), Northampton, Masachusetts; October 15, 1993, sold by Chris of American Decorative Arts 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)
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