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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for a Saltcellar and Pepper Shaker, 1929

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1831-present, American
  • Erik Magnussen, 1884-1961, Danish, designer

Title

Design for a Saltcellar and Pepper Shaker

Year

1929

Medium

Pencil on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • paper (fiber product),
  • graphite

Dimensions

38.4 x 17.1 cm (15 1/8 x 6 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"EM. 1929" in pencil in lower left corner. "SALT / WiTH / JADE" in pencil below drawing of salt. "PEPPER / WiTH / JADE" in pencil below center of pepper shaker. "3/m/m hoole" in pencil below plan view of disk.

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.839

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