- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- BR49.249
- People
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Max Krajewski, Polish (Szydloweic, Poland 1901 - 1971 Moscow, Russia)
- Title
- Tea glass holder
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- holder
- Date
- 1924
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/217317
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Nickel silver and ebony
- Dimensions
- 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Technical Details
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Chemical Composition: Four of the five (BR49.249, .251, .252, and .253) tea glass holders were analyzed by XRF and had high levels of nickel, copper and zinc, corresponding to the white metal alloy nickel silver, sometimes called German silver. Kathy Eremin, January 2013
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
- Accession Year
- 1949
- Object Number
- BR49.249
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Exhibition History
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Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 02/13/2015; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/11/2015 - 05/10/2015
- Subjects and Contexts
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The Bauhaus
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