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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
BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century) Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH
“Winged Heart” Covered Box c. 1910
Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)
For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)
H: 4 1/2″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″
Price: $5,750
CHINESE ART DECO
Covered Box c.1930
Cloisonne enamel in a fantasy archaic Chinese motif in red, yellow, black and white abstract designs on a bronze body with a blue enameled underside and a wood lined interior.
H: 1 5/8″ x D: 6 1/8″ x W: 6 1/8″
GISELA VON FALKE (b. 1874) Austria
SCHOOL OF KOLO MOSER Austria
BERNDORFER METALLWARENFABRIK Berndorf, Austria
E. BAKALOWITS & SÖHNE Vienna, Austria [retailer]
Covered box c. 1902
Silver plate mounts and cover, blown “meteor” glass.
Marks: BEPWF 1481, maker’s touch marks
For more information on Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991), p. 221; Metallkunst, Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939), Karl H. Bröhan (Berlin: Bröhan Museum, 1990) pp. 20-44.
H: 7″ x W: 8″
Price: $9,000