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Object Timeline

1930

  • Work on this object began.

1940

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2025

  • You found it!

Cocktail Ball And Tray (USA)

This is a Cocktail ball and tray. It was manufactured by Chase Brass & Copper Co.. It is dated ca. 1935 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is chrome-plated metal, rubber. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mel Byars. It is credited Gift of Mel Byars.

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Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

  • Necklace
  • glass, bent, flattened, and welded copper wire, leather.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-28

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 8 x 16 cm (3 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Cocktail Ball And Tray (USA); Manufactured by Chase Brass & Copper Co. (United States); chrome-plated metal, rubber; H x diam.: 8 x 16 cm (3 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.); Gift of Mel Byars; 1991-59-148-a,b

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