Lot 231
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AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL BOX

Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER AND ENAMEL BOX
DESIGNED AND MADE BY ELIZABETH COPELAND, BOSTON, 1920-1937

Of rectangular form, the hinged cover applied with wire to form stylized foliage and with silver balls enclosing squares of translucent blue and green enamel, signed EC under base--4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) long
(gross weight 9 oz. 10 dwt.)

Lot Essay

Elizabeth Copeland (1866-1957), an important contributor to the Arts & Crafts movement in Boston, made a group of enamel and wirework boxes inspired by medieval reliquaries. A domed casket in this style is illustrated in Wendy Kaplan, "The Art that is Life:" The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1987, pl.129, p.268. Copeland operated her own studio from 1903-1937.