AN ALUMINUM, STEEL AND GLASS THERMOS PITCHER WITH TRAY, designed by Henry Dreyfuss for the American Thermos Bottle Company, circa 1935, the bulbous water green enameled steel body with an arched aluminum handle and ribbed aluminum band at base, covered with a glass lid, stamped in relief 'THE AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE CO./NORWICH, CONN. U.S.A. THE ONLY THERMOS REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE/No.539/VACUUM BOTTLE/DESIGNED BY/Henry Dreyfuss'--6 in. (15 cm.) high; on an oval water green enameled steel tray--9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) long (2)

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AN ALUMINUM, STEEL AND GLASS THERMOS PITCHER WITH TRAY, designed by Henry Dreyfuss for the American Thermos Bottle Company, circa 1935, the bulbous water green enameled steel body with an arched aluminum handle and ribbed aluminum band at base, covered with a glass lid, stamped in relief 'THE AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE CO./NORWICH, CONN. U.S.A. THE ONLY THERMOS REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE/No.539/VACUUM BOTTLE/DESIGNED BY/Henry Dreyfuss'--6 in. (15 cm.) high; on an oval water green enameled steel tray--9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) long (2)

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cf. Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco, New York: HArry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, p.87;
Martin Eidelberg, Design 1935-1965, What Modern was, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991, p. 82 for illustrations of similar models

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