A large and impressive arts and crafts casket…..Design by Benjamin Creswick for Heath & Middleton…..The copper body is profusely decorated with pierced silver on all four side forming the legs and the hinge brackets to the cover….With 3 chryslophase cabochons mounted within….The whole with riveted construction used for fixing the silver and for purely decorative purposes around the base edge….The Images tell the whole story of just how beautiful this piece is…..Polished to show the contrast as it would have been originally….Fully wooden lined interior….Heavy gauge….In Excellent condition…..A real statement piece…..C1900
Measuring 11”
£3595…
Benjamin Creswick was a renowned sculptor….He was one of the first members of the Century Guild along with the founder A.H.Mackmurdo….He went on to be the Master of Modelling at the Birmingham school of art….Was an exhibitor at the RSBA and became an associate….A man of talent….
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