1940s Virginia Metalcrafters Brass Geranium Sculpture

Beautiful collection of 22 solid brass leaf sculptures by Virginia Metalcrafters. Each piece signed on the backside with the VMC logo and embossed with item number and type of leaf. ...

1940s solid brass Calla Lily leaf brass tray by Virginia Metalcrafters.

Gold toned brass Mayapple leaf tray. The Mayapple is unique in that it has just 2 leaves & 1 flower. The large umbrella like leaves are very dramatic & unusual, for this reason Virginia Metalcrafter's showcased the leaf in the 1940's. A very heavy cast brass tray...

Mid century cast brass leaf tray by Virginia Metalcrafters. Stamped "3-58 Ginkgo Leaf Tree of Heaven"

A vintage solid brass lotus bowl. This piece has a smooth brass finish on the bottom and is marked with the date and "Lotus" and 3-24. It also has the letter "R" engraved, however, w...

Beautiful pair of brass spread-wing eagle bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters, stamped 1952. The eagle is shown with its wings fully spread and a laurel branch and bundle of arrows clutched in its left talon. The eagle clutches a Union shield across its breast. The Union shield has a chief with three stars and six stripes completing the design. The eagle motif in décor and Folk Art has been widely used throughout our nation's history, most notably as part of our Great Seal. The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery, usually the golden eagle, was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows and an olive branch with its talons. When Charles Thomson put together the final design for the Great Seal, he placed a bundle of arrows in the eagle's left (sinister) talon. The official description specifies the bald eagle holding "in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows." The thirteen arrows are tightly aligned – a symbol of "strength in unity" that's found in the traditional cultures everywhere, from the Romans to the Iroquois— in this case a nod to the unity of the original 13 colonies. William J. Loth founded Virginia Metalcrafters in 1890, under the name Waynesboro Stove Company. The company, which made ornately cast Cook...