Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012


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"Four Tube Bud Holder"

designed about 1933; made about 1933–40
Designed by Ruth Gerth
Designed by William Gerth
Manufactured by Chase Brass & Copper Co.
Height x diameter: 8 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (22.5 x 8.9 cm) (measurements of box)
Chromium-plated metal

Classification: Metalwork

Object Place: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Accession number: 2011.2006

Description: Circular disk base with three consecutively smaller disks stacked on top to create a stepped effect. A cylindrical, hollow tube rises from the center of the stepped disks. Three identical tubes of shorter and varying length are attached to the central tube at different heights; all three have closed bases.

Provenance/Ownership History: Early 2000s, purchased at an unidentified second-hand store by Flavia Perugini (Concord, MA); 2011, gift of Flavia Perugini to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 21, 2011)

Gift of Flavia Perugini in honor of Eleni Dunbar