Escutcheon, Post [mail slot]

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Escutcheon, Post [mail slot]
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  • Title :     Escutcheon, Post [mail slot]
  • Artist:     Unknown, Designer Social Democratic city council for public housing Other relation
  • Accession:     TD1994.204.3
  • Country:     Netherlands
  • Date:     circa 1920
  • Dimensions:     Inches 13 18-1/2 1, Centimeters 33.0 47.0 2.5
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Architecture
  • Collection Theme:     Modernism
  • Subject:     Architecture/Architectural Design , Metal/Metal Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1994.204.3.JPG
  • Tags:     Architecture~Modernism
Description:
Triangular-shaped cast bronze letterbox cover with slightly raised curvilinear decorations around edges; cylindrical opening at center for mail deposit; Amsterdam School style lettering at bottom center.