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"Normandie" Pitcher
Peter Muller-Munkca. 1935
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
"Normandie" pitcher of chrome-plated brass. Streamlined, in plan, a teardrop shape with a flat, strap handle curving out from lip of rounded rear side of pitcher, and down to same rounded side of base. Body of pitcher comes to a point at front end, forming a straight line running from pouring spout to base. Top of pitcher dramatically raking up from handle at rear to point of pouring spout.CONDITION: Generally good with small scratches to all surfaces. Chrome plating has chipped away from more than half the underside of base.
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Details
- Title: "Normandie" Pitcher
- Creator Lifespan: American, born Germany, 1904-1967
- Creator Nationality: 0
- Date Created: ca. 1935
- Location Created: Rome, New York, USA
- Type: Food/Drink, Service
- Rights: H. Randolph Lever Fund
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1688/Normandie_Pitcher
- Medium: Chrome-plated brass
- Signed: no signature
- Markings: Stamped on underside of base: "Revere /ROME /N.Y."
- Inscribed: no inscriptions
- Dimensions: 12 x 3 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 7.6 x 24.3 cm)
- Designer: Peter Muller-Munk
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession number: 84.67
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