A geometric and intricately designed tray is centered on a gray background. It is shaped like a diamond and is made out of silver-plated brass. The longer sides have ramp-shaped pieces, possibly handles, fixed in position. Towards the center of the tray, the object slightly dips creating an oblong crated center. On the actual surface of the tray are decorative lines and patterns. At the center is an outlined diamond with a blank fill. From this diamond are straight radiating lines that reach towards the edges of the tray. The spaces between the lines alternate with an empty and filled space creating a striped pattern. Inside the filled spaces, more decorative lines are added. The lines vary in patterns from diagonal and checkered filled spaces to horizontal parallel repeating lines.

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Object Timeline

1923	Work on this object began.
1933	Work on this object ended.
1995	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
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Tray (USA)

This is a tray. It was made by Wallace Bothers and manufactured by Weidlich Brothers Manufacturing Company. It is dated ca. 1928 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is silverplated brass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Radiating lines, as on this silver-plated tray, were a strong feature of late 1920s design. Weidlich’s use of silver plate made this striking design element accessible to a broad market.

This object was donated by Denis Gallion and Daniel Morris. It is credited Gift of Denis Gallion and Daniel Morris.

Tray
silver.
Gift of Mrs. J. A. Q. Franks.
1977-62-1

Tray
H x diam.: 2.5 x 31 cm (1 x 12 3/16 in.).
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1908-26-91

A vertical, rectangular, brass tea tray, with a flat bottom and edges attached at a right-angle to it with a height of 0.8 inches. Each corner is secured with a brass rivet. Curved, tapered handles are attached to the right and left edges of the tray.

Tea Tray (Netherlands)
brass.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1986-14-1

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Brooch on dark gradient background with colors gray to black upwards. The brooch is in three colors, grey, rose, and yellow gold, with an overall warm golden scheme. It is designed in a geometric cubism style. The brooch is a horizontal piece that starts with triangles pointing inwards on its opposite ends. The triangles extend towards the center in a 3D-like perspective. Two horizontal arrow-ended bars are placed on top of each other, slightly shifted. At the center is a rectangle composed of individual shapes - two rose gold triangles pointing inwards and two gray trapezoids filling the spaces on the top and below.

Brooch, ca. 1926
grey, rose and yellow gold.
Neil Lane Collection.
59.2016.7

"Angle" Salad Bowl
earthenware.
1989-97-10

Stairs Tray
silver-plated metal.
Gift of Arthur D. Liu.
2008-37-5

Its dimensions are

Overall: 6.8 x 40 x 18 cm (2 11/16 x 15 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: Stamped on underside: "BMMTS, MADE IN U.S.A., EP, W.B. Mfg. Co. (in shield) N.S., 3801"

Cite this object as

Tray (USA); Manufactured by Weidlich Brothers Manufacturing Company; Made by Wallace Bothers; silverplated brass; Overall: 6.8 x 40 x 18 cm (2 11/16 x 15 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.); Gift of Denis Gallion and Daniel Morris; 1994-118-26

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DzhR/
Accession Number 1994-118-26
Object ID 18647629