Walter von Nessen, Chase Brass & Copper Company
Pair of Bookends
1925-1935
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Walter von Nessen, Chase Brass & Copper Company
Pair of Bookends
1925-1935
Physical Qualities
Brass, nickel plate, Bookend 1: 4 3/8 x 5 1/4 x 2 in. (11.1 x 13.3 x 5.1 cm) Bookend 2: 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 2 in. (11.4 x 13.3 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Object Number
2003.58.1
Mirror, stylized representations of elephants made of nickel-plated tubular brass with geometric-shaped heads with incised circles as eyes, and tapering trunks. Each secured to a rectangular flat brass base with two screws.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 2003; Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore