Ashtray Designer: Warren Frank Wheelock (American, 1880–1960)
Manufacturer: Lenox, Incorporated (American, 1889–2005)

1939

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Porcelain

Dimensions

1 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 7 1/16in. (3.175 × 6.668 × 17.939 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia E. Kane, Ph.D. 1987, and W. Scott Braznell, Art.A. 1967

Accession Number

2006.220.1

Geography

Made in Trenton, New Jersey

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased by W. Scott Braznell, Hamden, Conn., 2006
Bibliography
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 350, no. 241
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2007), 202
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Marks

“L [in green, in wreath open at top with bow at bottom]” and “LENOX / MADE IN U.S.A. [in black],” stamped on underside; “Wheelock,” in script, impressed into porcelain near base

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