Bakelite Napkin Ring
Bakelite Napkin Ring
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- Description
- Leo A. Greene (1908-1954) acquired this orange Bakelite napkin ring while working for B. Blumenthal & Co., a New York firm that manufactured and imported buttons, jewelry, and other small items. His daughter, the author and poet Lois Greene Stone, gave it to the Museum.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Napkin Ring
- date made
- ca 1940
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- catalin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7.7 cm x 1.3 cm x 6.4 cm; 3 1/16 in x 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in; 6.35 cm x 1.27 cm x 7.9375 cm
- ID Number
- 1995.0241.01.2
- accession number
- 1995.0241
- catalog number
- 1995.0241.01.2
- Credit Line
- Lois Greene Stone
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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