American Design 
9 September 2021
American Design 
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Louis W. Rice

Skyscraper mirror, brush and vanity box

Bernard Rice's Sons
USA, c. 1928
silver-plated brass, mirrored glass, horsehair largest: 15 h × 5 w × ¾ d in (38 × 13 × 2 cm) smallest: 1¾ h × 5 w × 6¼ d in (4 × 13 × 16 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $1,235
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Impressed manufacturer's mark to underside of lidded box ‘Sky Scraper Apollo Studios New York 3151’.
literature: The Machine Age in America 1918-1941, Brooklyn Museum of Art, pg. 287

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