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PMFN-014 Figural Face with Large Tongue
 

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IMSA #: PMFN-014

Estimated Date: 1900

Country of Origin: USA

Manufacturer: Whiting Mfg. Co., Providence, RI. This is an unsigned example, maker's name based on another identical example that was signed.

Catalog No.: 1539

Material: Sterling

Markings: Bezel marked "Sterling" and "1539"

Patent/Design No.: No

Patent/Design Date: No

Size (Inches): 2.53 x 1.52

Reverse: Blank

Description and Comments: Figural face with large tongue. Ridges on tongue serves as striker.

Submitted By: From the collection of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Carol B. and Stephen W. Brener.
 



 
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