Virginia Metalcrafters Gilt Bronze Leaf Tray Sculpture, 1948

Original artwork. One-of-a-kind. Welded steel bars with new powder coated paint. It has a Frank Lloyd Wright / Bruce Goff design influence. It was found with some surface rust / pitting at the base (please see before after...

1907 - 2000 Original artwork. Tolerton was a bay area artist known for iron sculptures His art was shown at LACMA, De Young Museum, Oakland Museum, Denver Museum and many other art ...

Original artwork. California design. One-of-a-kind. Found in the Laguna Beach area. Original fine vintage condition, no damage or repairs. The objects and handle protrude out roughl...

1938 - Mr. Vallien originally from Sweden had brief employment with a small Los Angeles ceramic factory in the 1960's. While there his talents were recognized and valued, and Soon a...

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

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 ...

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...