Fine Arts and Crafts - 22nd June 2016
Lot 283
A Herbert Dyer repousse copper tobacco jar and cover
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £250
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Description
A Herbert Dyer repousse copper tobacco jar and cover, cylindrical form with flaring rivetted foot, the cover tapering conical form with applied brass finial, hammered in relief with a fishing vessel at full sail, on hammered ground stamped H Dyer 16cm. high
Literature
Colin Pill Cornish Art Metalwork, Sansom & Company, page 82 for a tea caddy and cover by Dyer with similar sailing vessel decoration.