Antique Roycroft Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Cylinder Bud Vase Urn 5"

Description

Early 20th century Roycroft hammered copper flower vase. Arts and crafts / mission styling featuring a cylindrical design with folded in top and a simple decorative band around the top quadrant, accented with four petaled flowers.

"Established in 1897, the Roycroft Campus is the birthplace of the Arts & Crafts Movement in America. It remains the best preserved and most complete complex of buildings of the “guilds” that evolved in the United States at the turn of the 19th to 20th century. Author, lecturer, and entrepreneur, Elbert Hubbard, started the Campus by establishing the Roycroft Press, and would later evolve to include additional shops focused on the decorative arts.1899: Original blacksmith shop is built and production of wrought iron fixtures, andirons, and hinges begins. The Roycroft Copper Shop started production as early as 1902 and by 1910 was making a full line of functional items for the home & office. 1906: The first commercial Roycroft copper items (simple letter openers, pin trays, etc) are produced for sale. 1910: Karl Kipp and Dard Hunter collaborate on some Roycroft copper designs -- "early" Vienna Secession-influenced style emerges (geometrics, cutouts, silver overlays). 1911-12: Italian polychrome line is introduced by Walter U. Jennings (caramel colored copper with green paint highlights). In the spring of 1915, Elbert decided to travel to Europe to get a firsthand account of WWI for his writings. Elbert and his second wife Alice were killed on May 7th, 1915 after a U-boat torpedoed the ship they were traveling on – the RMS Lusitania. Elbert’s son, Elbert Hubbard II, also known as Bert, took control of the Roycroft after the death of his father. The Roycroft remained popular and prosperous throughout the 1920s, "the golden age" being from 1921-1928, however the Arts & Crafts style was beginning to fall out of fashion. The collapse of the economy in 1929 accelerated this decline. Quality and production decrease dramatically through the 1930's. By 1938, Bert could no longer make payroll and declared bankruptcy. The Roycroft Campus closed and the buildings were individually sold off for unrelated uses. In the 1970s a revival movement began with the goal to restore the Roycroft legacy and Campus. In 1986 the Campus was granted National Historic Landmark status. Since then, extensive restoration work has been done on the Campus buildings to restore them to their former beauty, with uses more fitting to their historic past. The Roycroft buildings now hosts a variety of shops, a Museum, an Inn and restaurant (in its original location), and several artist studios. The Campus also offers a variety of classes, exhibitions, events, and tours." (Source: Roycroft Copper / Roycroft Campus Corporation / Hammered & Hewn)

Condition

Good Overall - Gentle wear; some tarnish/oxidation

Dimensions

2.5" x 5" (Diameter x Height)