AN AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED COPPER AND GLASS INKSTAND
AN AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED COPPER AND GLASS INKSTAND
AN AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED COPPER AND GLASS INKSTAND
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION
AN AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED COPPER AND GLASS INKSTAND

ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH HEINRICH, NEW YORK, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY BLACK, STARR, & FROST, NEW YORK

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AN AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED COPPER AND GLASS INKSTAND
ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH HEINRICH, NEW YORK, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY BLACK, STARR, & FROST, NEW YORK
The copper tray of seedpod-form with silver whiplash border, with pen tray beneath an applied silver bear pelt, the removable circular glass inkwell cut with large scrolls to the sides, the hinged domed cover applied with a silver bull's head, marked on the underside with retail mark for Black, Starr, & Frost, the inkwell marked on the underside GRAVIC GLASS HAWKES
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) long

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Joseph Heinrich (active 1897-1937) was an important arts-and-crafts movement metal worker based in New York in the early 20th century. Though his work is often unsigned, the hammered copper and distinctly American decorative schemes are easily identifiable. Heinrich often retailed his work through firms like Tiffany & Co. in New York and Shreve, Crump & Lowe Co. in Boston, whose clients were interested in the most current styles and designs in American silver and decorative arts.
The present lot can be tied to Heinrich’s oeuvre through motifs which are distinct to Heinrich's work, such as the silver bear pelt, also seen on the punch bowl the present sale, as well as the bull head, which can be seen on a candelabrum centerpiece sold Christie's, New York, 7 May 2020, lot 41.

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