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Plaster mold for feather. Written on mold is "feather for Indian". Yellowish color is shellac applied to seal the plaster.

Cigar box with miscellaneous items including
brass stars
rubber mold
numbered metal tacks
allen wrenches
shell pieces

Metal mixing spoon. Silver in color.

Modern Trains, 1951
Plaster original painted silver


This 44-foot long relief mural was originally located at the Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit, Michigan. It has since been relocated to the
B. & O. Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.…

Plaster mold ends

Small plaster monkey head that is more natural and realistic looking than the stylized chimpanzees, and baboons that Fredericks often made.

Arrowhead on wood base. Appears to be a cast resin.

Arrowhead on wood and marble base. Appears to be a cast resin.

Gold lyre with three birds flying from strings on multilevel octagonal wood base. This is a model for a sculpture that might have never been realized.

Moray Eel and Fish, 1941
Plaster original

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall M. Fredericks
1991.049

While at Cranbrook, Fredericks designed and carved this sculpture to catch water for birds. It was reported that his mentor Carl Milles wrote a…