Lot 105
105
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 with a dome of wire and vari-colored floral enamel centering a purple cabochon, the cover and sides with applied wire and silver balls forming geometric foliate decoration, marked under base--6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) long
(gross weight 26oz. 10dwt., 827.9gr.)

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 similar domed casket 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.

A similar box was sold Sotheby's New York, March 19, 1994, lot 11.