Copeland jewelry box tops Arts and Crafts treasures at California Historical Design March 23-24

Silver and enamel box by Elizabeth Copeland, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.

ALAMEDA, Calif. – A fine example of the work of the Boston Arts and Crafts enameler Elizabeth Ethel Copeland (1866-1957) leads the lineup at California Historical Design this month. The hand-hammered silver and enamel jewelry box carries an estimate of $15,000-$20,000 as part of the Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 sale titled Stickley Arts and Crafts Auction. The catalog is now open for bidding on LiveAuctioneers.

Simply signed with the raised initials EC and dated to circa 1905, this 4.5-by-3.5in casket is a relatively early example from the prime period when Copeland was first exhibiting. Famously, she had hidden away her artistic ambitions for years while working at her family’s dairy farm, but in 1901, at the age of 35, attracted the patronage of the Arts and Crafts artist and benefactor Sarah Choate Sears. In 1906 Irene Sargent, writing in The Keystone, had commented: “The traditional figure of the enamelist is masculine. Miss Copeland working at her furnace possesses attractions quite other than those belonging to the woman who paints a portrait or who illustrates a book.” Her signature technique, which created an enamel surface resembling cabochon gemstone, is seen to good effect on this well-preserved box.

Some choice examples of American Arts and Crafts furniture on offer include a Gustav Stickley roll-top desk that descended in the same Milwaukee family for four generations. Originally selling for $115 in 1904, this model, number 713, was one of the most expensive in the Gustav Stickley catalog. This furnishing, with an ‘excellent original finish’, is estimated at $8,000-$12,000.

Also dated circa 1905 is a Roycroft Double Morris chair, estimated at $15,000-$20,000. Again, retaining an ‘excellent original finish’ according to the lot notes, this chair was formerly in the collection of Christopher ‘Kip’ Forbes and last sold at Rago in October 2012.

Silver and enamel box by Elizabeth Copeland, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.

Silver and enamel box by Elizabeth Copeland, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.

Circa-1904 Gustav Stickley model 713 roll-top desk, estimated at $8,000-$12,000 at California Historical Design.

Circa-1904 Gustav Stickley model 713 roll-top desk, estimated at $8,000-$12,000 at California Historical Design.

Roycroft Double Morris chair, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.

Roycroft Double Morris chair, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.

Circa-1910 Roycroft three-door bookcase, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.

Circa-1910 Roycroft three-door bookcase, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.

Circa-1905 Grueby faience tile with an image of a horse under a tree, estimated at $1,200-$1,500 at California Historical Design.

Circa-1905 Grueby faience tile with an image of a horse under a tree, estimated at $1,200-$1,500 at California Historical Design.

Sheila Gibson Stoodley

Sheila Gibson Stoodley

Sheila Gibson Stoodley is the associate editor for Auction Central News. She has written and edited for Robb Report, Art & Antiques magazine, and Andrew Harper online. She also authored The Hot Bid, a blog devoted to intriguing and delightful lots coming up at auction.

Stickley furniture the focus at California Historical Design’s Arts & Crafts sale Dec. 9

Gustav Stickley 1902 bridal chest, $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.

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ALAMEDA, Calif. — Fine furniture from the Stickley family of craftsmen are the featured category in California Historical Design’s Arts & Crafts auction scheduled for Saturday, December 9. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

The five Stickley brothers — Gustav, Leopold, John George, Albert, and Charles — were stars of the early 20th-century American Arts & Crafts movement. Launched by Gustav (1858-1942) in 1900, Stickley hand-crafted some of the most iconic designs of the period, highlighted by his famous Mission style and brother Leopold’s Cherry Valley designs via his own brand, L. & J. G. Stickley.

The sale includes 57 Stickley lots, led by an early 1902 Gustav Stickley oak and hammered copper bridal chest. Completely original and still bearing the red Stickley decal, the chest is estimated at $15,000-$20,000.

Bernard Maybeck (1962-1957) was a Berkeley, California native, architect and furniture designer who left a similarly large legacy to the Arts & Crafts movement. The sale includes three Maybeck items by his own hand, plus two additional items from homes he designed. A love seat, settee and a hand-carved table are all estimated at $25,000-$35,000 each.

Begun as therapy for sanitarium patients, Marblehead Pottery grew to become a production-based earthenware company focused on hand-decorated items. This floral-motif vase dating to circa 1910 is from early in the company’s history and is described as being in “perfect condition.” It is estimated at $2,500-$3,500.
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Gustav Stickley 1902 bridal chest, estimated at $15,000-$20,000 at California Historical Design.
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Bernard Maybeck 1909 love seat, estimated at $25,000-$35,000 at California Historical Design.
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Bernard Maybeck 1909 settee, estimated at $25,000-$35,000 at California Historical Design.
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Bernard Maybeck 1909 walnut table, estimated at $25,000-$35,000 at California Historical Design.
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Circa-1910 Marblehead Pottery vase, estimated at $2,500-$3,500 at California Historical Design.
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