Copper from the Handicraft Shop in Boston

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asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 12-28-2008 09:39 PM I wanted to share this small copper dish I have from the Handicraft shop. Made by George Gebelein in 1906. I have always seen Handicraft shop pieces in sterling and this is a first for me. I haven't seen copper by them before or since buying this. I imagine that it's a rarity. I don't have a shot of the marks at the moment, but it's the same as the sterling pieces you would find, just no sterling mark. IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 03-06-2009 07:26 PM Hi ashland! Do you have a picture of the marks yet? Have you found out any more about this piece? Jersey IP: Logged
chicagosilver Posts: 227 Registered: Aug 2005	posted 03-08-2009 04:52 PM Handicraft Shop silver pieces weren't all sterling. Here's a coin silver HS ladle (probably by Seth Ek). IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 04-06-2009 01:51 AM Sorry for the delay. IP: Logged
chicagosilver Posts: 227 Registered: Aug 2005	posted 10-31-2011 07:27 PM Here are some more photos: According to Margaretha Gebelein Leighton, in her book "George Christian Gebelein / Boston Silversmith 1878-1945," Gebelein used a "simple initial G or sometimes two initials: GG, incised, along with the mark of the Handicraft Shop: H Anvil S...This marking was used through 1908." Gebelein began using the more familiar GEBELEIN mark inside a cut-corner rectangle in 1906. (Leighton's book has a lot of great information both about Gebelein and the Handicraft Shop in general.) Most of Gebelein's work was in silver. This tray is unusual. According to an expert on this fine metalsmith, the copper tray came directly from Bob Gebelein, a son of Ernest Gebelein (Ernest was the oldest of George's sons). IP: Logged

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