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Watering Can with Fish and Snail Watering Can

This is a watering can. It was designed by Hugo Leven and manufactured by J. P. Kayser & Sohn. It is dated 1898–1900 and we acquired it in 2013. Its medium is pewter. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Gift of Gerald G. Stiebel and Penelope Hunter-Stiebel.

Its dimensions are

Frame H x W x D: 22.9 x 30.5 x 8.9 cm (9 in. x 12 in. x 3 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Kayserzinn 4205

Cite this object as

Watering Can with Fish and Snail Watering Can; Designed by Hugo Leven (German, 1874-1956); Manufactured by J. P. Kayser & Sohn (Germany); pewter; Frame H x W x D: 22.9 x 30.5 x 8.9 cm (9 in. x 12 in. x 3 1/2 in.); Gift of Gerald G. Stiebel and Penelope Hunter-Stiebel; 2013-49-7

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