Box

Joseph Heinrichs American

ca. 1905

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 706

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Title: Box
Maker: Joseph Heinrichs (American, active ca. 1898–1937)
Date: ca. 1905
Culture: American
Medium: Copper, silver
Dimensions: 8 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (22.2 × 13 × 13 cm)
Credit Line: Gift, Silver & Metalwork of the Twentieth Century from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection, 2013
Object Number: 2013.959.9a, b
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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