Product Description
Fritz Schmoll von Eisenwerth / M.T. Wetzlar Munich Silver and ivory hand mirror c. 1920
FRITZ SCHMOLL VON EISENWERTH (1883-1963) Germany
M.T. WETZLAR (active c. 1905-1940) München, Germany
Hand mirror c. 1920
Handwrought silver and ivory
Marks: MTW (in a shield), 900, moon, crown, Wetzlar München, R
L: 10 ¼” x W: 4 ¾”
Fritz Schmoll von Eisenwerth / M.T. Wetzlar Munich Silver and ivory hand mirror c. 1920
LOUIS W. RICE (Designer) USA
APOLLO STUDIOS, BERNARD RICE’S SONS, INC. New York
Skyscraper vanity hand mirror 1928
Silver-plated brass, original beveled mirror
Stamped marks: APOLLO STUDIOS, NEW YORK EPNS within a rectangle, SKYSCRAPER, REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
For related Skyscraper objects see: (cocktail shaker) Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor, Charles L. Venable (Dallas/New York: Dallas Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995) p. 288; (teapot) Modernism: Modernist Design 1880-1940, The Norwest Collection, Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: The Antique Collector’s Club, 1998); (cocktail shaker) American Modern 1925-1940, Design for a New Age, J. Stewart Johnson, exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, American Federation of Arts, 2000) p. 48.
L: 18 1/2″ x D: 5″
The same model can be found in the collection of the New York Historical Society.