Virginia Metalcrafters Cast Brass Tobacco Leaf Tray

Engraved brass tray table with hand tooled brass tray top in an intricate geometric pattern. The ebony base is accented with gold. and folding teak...

Polished brass Moorish style tray finely hand-hammered edge & etching in a pattern of linked hearts & foliage. In very good condition. Good size to easily move in or outdoors. Rare p...

Designer's jewelry mannequin wrapped in Belgian linen over hardwood. Interior mechanism is ready to place on a stand.

John Perry Sculpture of Three Leaping Dolphins on a black lacquered base. Original John Perry white dolphin figurine. Three swimming dolphins sit ...

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...

Beautiful antique brass Irish Setter dog figural ashtray dating from the 1920s. Signed on the back. Made by Virginia Metalcrafters. Made of cast brass and has a wonderful patina. In ...

Beautiful brass butterfly bush leaf dish by Virginia Metal Crafters. It is one of a series of botanical leaf sculptures designed by artist Oskar Hansen....

Williamsburg Reproductions, Craft House in Williamsburg, Virginia sold high quality reproductions of antiques belonging to the foundation to raise funds for restorations at Colonial Williamsburg. Virginia Metalcrafters manufactured the brass items...