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 Anne Eicher/ Heinrich Eicher silversmiths Park Ridge IL
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jayne Posts: 2 |
posted 05-07-2009 05:22 AM
  
[26-1843] Dear wev: made by Heinrich and/or Anna Eicher, as I was recently in the home they once shared & learned of Heinrich's earlier part in the Kalo group. Your post of some time ago said your father remembered Heinrich's funeral in 26 or '27;
I would appreciate any info on them. Much thanks, IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 05-07-2009 09:02 AM
I believe Eicher died suddenly of a heart attack, but that is just family lore. He was born in 1877 and came to the US from Denmark in 1907. His emigration form lists him as a silversmith. I do not know if any of his relatives still survive in Denmark. Anna had a niece living outside Copenhagen, but I have not heard from her in several years. Anna continue making silver until her death. As noted elsewhere (Eicher jewelry), I have a nice pair of cuff links made for my father in 1930. IP: Logged |
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jayne Posts: 2 |
posted 05-07-2009 01:07 PM
THANK you so much. The cuff links are beautiful, and would have been made shortly before Anna's death, as the tragedy happened in 1931, near Clarksburg, not Clarksville, WV. I am from a nearby town, and my mother, as a six year old, remembered this tragedy. She was a collector of silver and pewter. Did Anna work in the large building behind 312 Cedar? She was apparently in financial straits and that was one reason the tragedy happened - this is one reason I wondered if she was still making silver. I was actually told that her husband had been a silversmith, and that Grant Wood once lived in their studio/barn, but that Asta was a painter. Is there any way to see photos of more of her work, esp work from '26 - '31? much Thanks, IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 05-07-2009 01:55 PM
From my father's recollections, they worked out of the front room, but that may have been display, rather than studio proper. Anna did quite a bit of ceramic painting/glazing, but I believe that was more a hobby than business. Her niece had a number of pieces, all in the A & C style, rather like Newcomb IP: Logged |
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