Copper Decorative Bowls

Created while a lead designer for J. Winhart & Co., Ludwig Vierthaler’s cicada themed copper vase showcases the design principles which he developed at J. Winhart in the pre-war years, where emphasis was placed on craftsmanship and the characteristics of the material itself. The vase’s ambiguous quality and use of allegory also shows his uncanny understanding of the dual nature of German life at the time. On the one hand, under Kaiser Wilhelm II, Germany was asserting herself strongly in the Weltpolitik through alliances with other central-European powers and in making grand plans to grow in military strength. With hindsight, Vierthaler’s vase is all the more remarkable for his prescience in the twilight of an empire. By presenting a cicada, he evokes a conundrum. Is this cicada a strong adult, newly emerged from a long dormancy? Or is this the cicada...

Jan Eisenloeffel Copper Milk Jug, a rare object from the early period of his work. He became known for his austere designs for utensils executed in bot...

An exceptional English arts & crafts hand crafted copper posy or rose bowl decorated with fish made by renowned Cornish copper workshops Newlyn and dating from around 1900. The bowl ...

A very stylish English Arts & Crafts hand-crafted beaten copper plaque or dish with a heron attributed to renowned Cornish workshop Newlyn and dating from around 1900. The dish is ha...

Description : Superbe coupe en dinanderie de cuivre argenté, réalisée par E. F. Caldwell a New York Dimensions : Largeur : 23 cms Hauteur : 13 cms Etat : Bel état de pr...

A rare and unusual German Jugendstil copper and brass smokers companion or candleholder formed as a goat pulling a sleigh the design attributed to re...

Large antique handmade copper bowls from Morocco. Several similar but all one of a kind. Crimped edges with hand-hammered shapes in the metal. Price is for one bowl. Various shapes a...