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"To-Day" flower basket

(American, born in Germany, 1889–1963)
(American, active 1908–1960)
designed 1928
Object PlaceBrooklyn, New York
Medium/TechniqueSilver-plated metal (copper?) and rosewood
DimensionsOverall: 18.4 x 24.1 x 14.6 cm (7 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1453
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceBy 2004, owned by Dennis Bose of Monterey Bay, CA; September 17, 2004 sold by Bose on eBay to John Axelrod , Boston, Massachusetts (eBay item #6119394507); 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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