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Twenty (20) pieces of American twentieth-century design

early 20th–mid 20th century
Credit LineGift of J. Parker Prindle
Accession number2009.5321-5340
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDecorative arts
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; by 2009, owned by J. Parker Prindle, Boston, MA; 2009, given by Prindle to the MFA.
Scrimshawed whale's tooth
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
about 1816
Busk or corset stay
Charles Clemmons
about 1863
Walrus tusk scrimshaw
Nathaniel Sylvester Finney
1865–80
Ashtray
Donald Deskey
designed about 1927; produced 1927–1931
"Torpedo" pedal car
Viktor Schreckengost
designed 1938–1949
Motorola Radio Company
designed about 1939
Pair of "Tidy Crumbers"
Harry Laylon
1937–42