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Covered box
Caroline W. Hay (American, 1900–1927)
Made for: Haycrafters (Boston, Massachusetts, founded about 1920)
Made for: Haycrafters (Boston, Massachusetts, founded about 1920)
about 1920
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Enameled copper
Dimensions
5.1 x 11.8 cm (2 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
Accession Number1994.19a-b
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork
DescriptionThe circular copper box consists of a bowl shaped base, topped by a lid with a thin, overlapping rim. In the center of the lid is a raised, soldered-on copper panel of with an elaborate enameled flower blossom composed of deep blue petals that are marked by spots of deep green and burnt red.
Marks
Incised "HAY CRAFTERS" underside of lid and underside of base.
ProvenanceMuseum purchase from Marilee Boyd Meyer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February, 1994. Meyer purchased the box at Skinner, Inc., February 1994, lot 424.