Product Description
Albert Edward Jones British Arts & Crafts Copper and Lapis Lazuli Box c.1905
Albert Edward Jones (1879-1954) Birmingham, UK
British Arts & Crafts Movement
Footed box with hinged lid and hasp 1905
Hand wrought and patinated copper with riveted strap work and hasp, inset with 4 cabochons of lapis lazuli, brown leather and wood interior.
This box is a particularly handsome example of British arts & crafts metalwork by the famous designer / craftsman A.E. Jones. It retains its original deep, rich chocolate brown patina with the contrasting cobalt blue large round bezel-set cabochons of lapis lazuli.
H: 2 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″ x W: 6 1/2″
Albert Edward Jones British Arts & Crafts Copper and Lapis Lazuli Box c.1905
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Cruet Set c.1922
Silver plated stand with original cut crystal paneled bottles
Model illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte G.M.B.H. catalog (December 1923), kat. nr. M di 5, p. 406. (This WW catalogue is in the collection at the Rare Books Department of the New York Public Library)
H: 6 1/2″ x D: 2 1/8″ x W: 6 3/4″
Price: $6,500