Elizabeth Copeland cup toast of Kaminski auction June 18
Elizabeth Copeland sterling silver chalice. Kaminski Auction image
BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions’ June 18 estate auction features an important Arts and Crafts silver and enamel chalice cup handcrafted by the renowned Boston artist Elizabeth Copeland.
Absentee and Internet live bidding for the 350-lot auction is available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
The chalice cup (above) is typical of Copeland’s work. Styled as a religious chalice cup, it is encrusted with rich colored, semiprecious gemstones and the bowl of the cup is lined in translucent mother of pearl. It measures 6 inches high by 5 3/4 inches in diameter. The cup is signed with the artists initials “EC” on the base and has a label inscribed “No 7 loaned by Dr. Bigelow from E. Copeland, Boston.”
Born in Revere, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Copeland was one of New England’s most prominent artists of the Arts and Crafts period. She studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston. Concentrating in enamel on metal at Cowles, Copeland went on to establish herself as one of the premier “enamelists” of the period.
Copeland’s work includes silver enameled repoussé boxes, and most pieces are religious in subject. Her work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and museum collections across the United States.
Gregoire Boonzaier, ‘South African Cottages,’ oil on canvas. Kaminski Auction image
Fine art highlights include a painting of local cottages by the South African artist Gregoire Boonzaier (above), works by the French artists Henri Seigle and Alfred Boucher, and an oil on board of fisherman by Norwegian artist Frits Thaulow. There is an abstract ink on paper work by Alexander Calder (below) as well.
Alexander Calder abstract ink on paper. Kaminski Auction image
An important silver entry is a sterling silver presentation tennis trophy from the prominent Fiske Warren family of Boston.
Other decorative art highlights in the auction include an eclectic mix of European bronzes including a 19th century Italian bronze of Napoleon and others by Cheret, Mene, Peinte, Anfrie, and the Russian sculptor Lieberich.
