MARK OF REBECCA CAUMAN, BOSTON, CIRCA 1920

Rebecca Cauman was one of a number of female enamelers working in the Boston area around 1920. Cauman attended the Massachusetts Normal School in 1898 and may have learned enamelling skills from Laurin Hovey Martin, the foremost expert in enamelling, or from one of his students. She joined the Handicraft Shop in 1924 and submitted work to the 1927 exhibition. The gold foil backing, stylized floral enamelling, and round copper boxes typical of Cauman's work reflect Martin's style. An example of Cauman's work in copper, in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, is illustrated in Marilee Boyd Meyer, ed., Inspiring Reform: Boston's Arts and Crafts Movement, 1997, p. 82