Melon-Shaped Thread Holder
date: label: Date
content: 1798
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Six spreading leaves, on three scrolled feet, support melon-shaped body hinged to open vertically. Handle in shape of a branch, attached to body by leaves.
place: label: made in
content: Denmark
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-64-17
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: thread holder
label: Type
content: thread holder
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 18.9 x 14.5 cm (7 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.)