Arts and Crafts - 19th June 2019

Lot 329

A copper tray probably Fivemiletown Ireland

Estimate £120 - £180 | Hammer £100

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Description

A copper tray probably Fivemiletown Ireland, rectangular, repousse hammered in low relief with a pair of facing peacocks in a fruiting tree, on punched ground, unsigned, 41 x 24.5cm.

Paul Larmour The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, Friar's Bush Press, page 42 for a photograph of the Fivemiletown stall at the Home Arts exhibition, 1897 with a comparable copper tray illustrated.