ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH HEINRICH, NEW YORK, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY

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 model was one of Heinrich's most popular, with recent sales including a similar example from the Iris Schwartz Collection at Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 2017, lot 3022, as well as further examples at Christie's, New York, 1 July 2009, lot 293 and 23 May 2007, lot 176.