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Accession # 88.110.5a-b
Designer Edwin B. Langsdorf
Maker Pyramid Company
Title Nail Buffer and Case, from 5-Piece Vanity Set
Date ca. 1928
Medium Plastic
Dimensions 5 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (13 x 3.8 x 4.4 cm)
Marks no marks
Inscriptions no inscriptions
Signed no signature
Credit Line Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion
Location Visible Storage: Case 19, Shelf K (Pewter)
Description Nail buff (a), and case (b) (ensuite with 88.110.1-.5), plastic, laminated plastic, deerskin buff. Nail buff cover, rectangular in shape with three stepped "skyscraper" projections on one side and three steps on top edge of laminated plastic handle. Each projected step is highlighted with strips; center step is black; flanked by orange/red-colored bands, succeeded by light green bands, with outermost bands light blue in color. The same design composition is repeated on handle top; underside of cover is covered with deerskin buffer. Case (b) in almond shape formed of black plastic. CONDITION: Very good; some minor scratches to surface of plastic.