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Pair of "Tidy Crumbers"
Pair of "Tidy Crumbers"

Pair of "Tidy Crumbers"

Harry Laylon (American, 1911–1997)
Chase Brass & Copper Company (active 1929 to the present)
1937–42
Object PlaceWatertown, Connecticut
Medium/TechniqueCopper, Bakelite (plastic)
DimensionsOverall: 10.5 x 19.4 x 1.3 cm (4 1/8 x 7 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Overall: 13.7 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm (5 3/8 x 8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Betsy and Jonathan Woodman
Accession number2010.487.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDecorative arts
Collections
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; by 1980s, Elizabeth Baratalli's shop "Elizabeth's," Newburyport, MA; 1980s, sold by Elizabeth's to Betsy Woodman, Newburyport, MA; 2010, gift of Woodman to the MFA.
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