Arts & Crafts Copper Casket by William Andrews
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An Arts & Crafts style copper casket, c.1930's attributed to William Andrews active Perth 1919 - 1932 manufactured with rivet construction and decorated with floral repousse work and with 'W' inside a shield on the lid, with interior cedar lining. Height 11 cm. Length 24.5 cm. Width 15.5 cm. William Andrews trained Perth Technical school 1918, worked with JWR Linton until 1921
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
- Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
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