A PEWTER PENTRAY, CIRCA 1930

Details

WOLFGANG (1900-1969) AND POLA HOFFMANN (B. 1902)
A Pewter Pentray, circa 1930
manufactured by the Early American Pewter Company, Boston
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) wide, 5 in. (12.7 cm.) deep
stamped with cipher and artist and manufacturer's stamp

Provenance

Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 11 June 2003, lot 36.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

cf. J. S. Johnson, American Modern: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000, p. 117.
K. Davies, At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression, New Haven, 1983, p. 77.
Modern American Design by the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen, New York, 1930, p. 81.

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