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"Sky-Scraper" water pitcher

(American, dates unknown)
designed 1928
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniquePatinated silverplate
DimensionsOverall: 23.5 x 22.2 x 12.7 cm (9 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 5 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1439
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1984, owned by Alan Moss (dealer), New York, New York; November 10, 1984, sold by Alan Moss 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)
Louis M. Rice
designed 1928
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