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Catalog Number |
2010.042 |
Object Name |
Functional Sculpture |
Description |
"Wild Boars" by Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973) A three-piece desk set including the centerpiece, a pen tray with a ponce and an ink well; a blotter; and a letter opener. The center of the pen tray has two standing wild boars cast in bronze and with attached ivory tusks. On its top, the blotter has a sitting wild boar cast in bronze with attached ivory tusks. The letter opener, which appears to be brass, has a handle in the shape of a sitting wild boar. |
Artist |
Huntington, Anna Hyatt |
Collection |
Art Objects |
Medium |
Metal |
Material |
Bronze/ivory/brass |
Technique |
Cast |
Makers mark |
The blade near the handle of the letter opener is stamped with hard to decipher numerals (8531?) and letters (HWC?). |
Current Location |
Offner Center : E1 : 2R |