Taperstick

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Karl F. Leinonen

Title

Taperstick

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1917

Medium

Silver

Inscriptions

Marked on bottom: "STERLING/L"; bottom of taperstick: "H S / Sterling / L"; engraved: four-leaf clover; script "A.C.-M.G.B./May 5, 1917."

Dimensions

10.3 × 4.8 cm (4 1/16 × 1 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Silver Seminar Fund of the Woman's Board of the Art Institute of Chicago

Reference Number

1981.80a-b

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