Pa. German Butter Mold

c. 1940

Albert Levone

Associated Names
Albert Levone

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image displays a circular emblem with a central tulip design and a cylindrical wooden object with a smaller cylinder on top. The color palette is primarily shades of brown. The emblem is positioned in the upper half of the image, while the cylindrical object sits below it. The name "FRANKLIN SYRES" is printed in small, red capital letters below the cylindrical object.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31 x 25.3 cm (12 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 4" in diameter

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.3775


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 515, no. 1896.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: FRANKLIN SYRES

Wikidata ID

Q64533886

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