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"Skyscraper" Hand Mirror, Apollo Studios Line

Louis W. Rice

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Caption

Louis W. Rice (American, 1872–1933). "Skyscraper" Hand Mirror, Apollo Studios Line, ca. 1928. Silver-plated metal, glass, gilding, enamel, 15 x 5 in. (38.1 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Modernism Benefit Fund, 87.176.2.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

"Skyscraper" Hand Mirror, Apollo Studios Line

Date

ca. 1928

Geography

Place manufactured: New York, New York, United States

Medium

Silver-plated metal, glass, gilding, enamel

Classification

Cosmetic

Dimensions

15 x 5 in. (38.1 x 12.7 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

On the right edge of the handle is: "REG.U.S.PAT.OFF." [rampant lion] SKY / SCRAPER" On the left side of handle is: "APOLLO STUDIOS / NEW YORK / E.P.N.S. / PAT. D76047"

Credit Line

Modernism Benefit Fund

Accession Number

87.176.2

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Artists and makers

Louis W. Rice

6 works in the collection

Bernard Rice's Sons, Inc.

7 works in the collection