Candlelight Coffee Warmer Designer: Peter Müller-Munk (American, born Germany, 1904–1967)
Manufacturer: Silex Company (American, 1919–1960)

Patented September 27, 1949

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Glass and chromium-plated metal

Dimensions

3 5/8 × 6 in. (9.21 × 15.24 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia E. Kane, Ph.D. 1987, and W. Scott Braznell, Art.A. 1967, in honor of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler

Accession Number

2012.162.1a-c

Geography

Manufactured in Malden, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Tools and Equipment

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Provenance
West 39th Street Flea Market, New York, 2012; sold to Patricia E. Kane and W. Scott Braznell, Hamden, Connecticut; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 2012
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
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Marks

Impressed on top around circular opening: "DES No. 155,354 [infinity symbol] "silex" [infinity symbol] CANDLE WARMER [infinity symbol]"

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