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This is a very rare, retired sterling silver piece issued in limited numbers by the Metropolitan Museum (New York) in 1973.
It was part of a series of Christmas decorations that were issued annually by the Metropolitan Museum starting in the late 1960’s.
It would make an amazing decoration on a tree as it was intended but also a wonderful birthday present for anyone born in 1973!
It is a wonderful design and is in excellent condition as shown in the images provided.
It measures 90mm x 75mm at the widest points and weighs 24.5g.
1973
MMA [Metropolitan Museum of Art]
STERLING
This one was designed by Fritz Kredel.
Fritz Kredel (born February 8, 1900 – April 12, 1973) was a German, later American artist and graphic designer.
He was born in Michelstadt-im-Odenwald, then in the Grand Duchy of Hesse of the German Empire. In his early years, he studied under Rudolf Koch at Offenbach School of Art and Design, and developed skills in woodcuts. In 1920, he began studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Offenbach am Main. Koch and Kredel collaborated on A Book of Signs (1923) and The Book of Flowers (1930). Following Koch’s death in 1934, Kredel moved to Frankfurt, but in 1938, he fled Germany for political reasons with help from Melbert Cary.
After emigrating to the United States that year, he taught at Cooper Union in New York and continued to work as an artist. He produced illustrations for over 400 books in German and English and received many awards and honors. Many of his originals are now housed at the Art Library at Yale University.
Kredel illustrated Eleanor Roosevelt’s children’s book, Christmas (Alfred A. Knopf, 1940), and was commissioned to create a woodcut of the Presidential Seal for the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961.
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