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  British Arts & Crafts “School of Mackintosh” Glasgow Rose box c. 1900

  SCHOOL OF MACKINTOSH (1868-1928) UK

  Box with hinged cover  c. 1900

  Silver plate with a large abstract heart design and stylized Glasgow rose motifs in bas-relief.

  Illustrated: Modern Silver throughout the world, 1880-1967, Graham Hughes (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1967), p. 145.

  H: 2″ x W: 6 1/4″ x D: 4 3/4″

   

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  Jan de Swart hand carved Zebra wood Mystery box c. 1970

  JAN DE SWART (1908-1987) Netherlands / USA

  Mystery box c. 1970

  Hand carved and assembled box form with a curiosity element of a large turquoise cabochon with raw hide wraps underneath the lid.

  For more information see: Jan de Swart: A Day That Becomes a Lifetime, exhibition catalogue (California: Fine Arts Gallery at the San Fernando Valley State College, February 1972); Jan de Swart, Mike McGee and William G. Otton (Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Art Museum, 1986).

  W: 16 1/2″ x H: 4 1/2″ x D: 5″

  Price: $4,700

  Constantly seeking and inventing new materials Jan de Swart was a true modernist.  He was influenced by artists such as Isamu Noguchi, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames, and later Sam Maloof and Wendell Castle.  Although he had been creating small sculptures since his arrival in California from Holland in 1929, he had not been widely recognized until being introduced to John Entenza, publisher of Arts & Architecture magazine in 1947.  Soon thereafter, he was able to create larger works and began collaborating with architects such as Whitney Smith and Victor Gruen on special commissions.  His work is in the permanent collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Smithsonian, and the Ford Foundation.  He was honored with the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Sculpture in 1965.

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  Mellerio Paris Rare French Art Deco “Gyroscope” sterling cigarette box c.1930

  MELLERIO PARIS  Italy/ France

  Gyroscope cigarette box  c.1930

  French silver (950 silver standard) in a structural form of a gyroscope with a lever for an interior lifting mechanism, gilding

  Marks: Mellerio Paris, 3776 D, head of Minerva French guarantee mark for 950/1000

  H: 5 1/4″ x Dia: 4 1/4″

  The renowned Mellerio family and their jewelry can be traced back to Lombardy, Italy as early as the 16th century.  Some family members moved to Paris and became royal jewelers for Louis XIII.  The revolutions of 1789 and 1848 interrupted their business and they moved to Madrid where they became the jewelers favored by Queen Isabel II.  Later in the 19th century they returned to Paris where once again they prospered and participated in several international expositions including  London (1862), Paris (1867, 1878 and 1900), and Vienna (1873).  In the 20th century they exhibited at the renowned Paris 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and then in New York at the 1939 World’s Fair.

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  Sweetser Co. American Arts & Crafts Sterling, Copper and Jade Cigar Box c. 1910

  The Sweetser Co. New York, New York
  (active 1900-1915)

  Covered cigar box c. 1910

  Elaborately etched sterling silver cover with a spherical jade finial and a copper box bottom, wood lined

  Marks: S & E in three separate boxes (2x), STERLING, 2158

  H: 4 3/4″ x D: 6 1/8″ x W: 7 5/8″

  The Sweetser Co. New York, NY was active 1900-1915 and were manufacturers of fancy gold and sterling wares