"Sky-Scraper" coffee and tea service (4 pieces)
Louis M. Rice
(American, dates unknown)
Apollo Studios, a Division of Bernard Rice's Sons, Inc.
(New York, active about 1899–1959)
designed 1928
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniquePatinated silverplate
DimensionsCoffee pot: 24.1 x 21 x 10.2 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 4 in.)
Tea pot: 17.1 x 21 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Creamer: 11.4 x 14.6 x 8.3 cm (4 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Sugar: 12.1 x 10.8 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Tea pot: 17.1 x 21 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Creamer: 11.4 x 14.6 x 8.3 cm (4 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Sugar: 12.1 x 10.8 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1300.1-4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
Provenancecoffeepot: 2005, offered as part of a three-piece set at Christie's New York, New York (sale 1521, lot 2); May 19, 2005, purchased by John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts (2005, Axelrod sold teapot and sugar to John Waddell, NY); 2008, coffeepot promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
other forms: 2008, promised gifts of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gifts of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
other forms: 2008, promised gifts of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gifts of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)
