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Manufacturer: PR SIGNED MOP SILVER SNUFF BOX NOUVEAU A&C
Pair of signed Arts and Crafts / Art Nouveau casket boxes made of mother of pearl mounted in gilt silver with figures of women and trees. Made late 19th
century 1880 - 1899.
Each casket is a little over 3 1/4 inches long at the back and 1 5/8 inches high. <br>
The front is convex or bowed. The lid is mounted in a sterling silver, gilt washed frame, with deviates in the front center to form a marvellous depiction of
a maiden standing over an arch, in front of a flowering tree. There are many levels: the background is the white mother of pearl that forms most of the box.
WIthin the arch of the metal, it is iridescent in shades that glitter with the angle that light catches it - from pink through green to yellow. The relief
sculpted tree with chrysanthemums on top shows typical aesthetic movement attention to stretched and stylised natural forms. The gilding is worn in many
parts on the silver. The top of each box has a raised silver monogram MTC.
The back of each box is hallmarked with a head facing right and a maker's mark A.F. WHile Alexander Fisher might have made something like these boxes, he
worked in England, so we are still ignorant of the actual maker, AF.
I had an email that reads:According to Tardy's International Hallmarks on Silver, the hallmark is Austro-Hungarian, the woman's head with the crescent moon and the "1" indicates a fineness of .950, a little more than 925, and that it was made from May 26 1886 to April 22, 1922. As far as the AF is concerned, I presume this is an Austro-Hungarian silversmith, not an English one! Hope this helps Sheila
Many thanks to Sheila. |
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