Virginia Metalcrafters POINSETTIA Brass Leaf Dish - Vintage Leaf Shaped Tray Dated 1948 Copyright - Brass Home Decor
Vintage heavy solid brass Poinsettia leaf dish by Virginia Metalcrafters from 1948. There are 3 small feet on the underside of this wonderful solid brass leaf dish so that it stands up without rocking. There is nice detail on the leaf inside showing the veins and a great curved end (that is like a handle).
*See NOTE below about Virginia Metalcrafters, who made this home decor and collectible item.
The copyright symbol and other identifying information is on the front near the stem - the word Copyright, 194X (I can't read the end date of the year clearly), the design number 4-11, the logo for Virginia Metalcrafters, and the word POINSETTIA, which is the kind of leaf that this is.
Measures approx. 6 1/2" long x 4 7/8" wide.
Condition is excellent with age appropriate patina.
*NOTE: Virginia Metalcrafters was founded on October 6th, 1890, as the W.J. Loth Stove Company. Located in Waynesboro, Virginia, on the western slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.
Although World War II halted the casting of brass products, immediately after the war, the company continued developing the gift line. 1946 they hired an internationally known sculptor, Oskar Hansen, whose works included the huge angels seen today at either end of the Hoover Dam. Hansen settled in Nelson County, just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and carved may patterns for Captain Dick, among them, dozens of leaf shapes. Modeled directly from nature, these leaves range in size from 3 inches to 40 inches.
P
Returns & Exchanges
I gladly accept returns, exchanges, and cancellations
Just contact me within: 7 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 14 days of delivery
Questions about your order?
Please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Privacy
We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to ship an order.
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do we answer questions about the value or “worth” of items?
No, we are not comfortable providing pricing or answering questions about the value or worth of vintage or antique items. We believe they are worth what someone will pay for them. Therefore, there is no way to assign something a set monetary value - in our opinion. We suggest doing an online search to find similar items and take it from there.
Reviews (1)
Average:
Dec 4, 2022
The leaf dish is quite handsome & looks great for an item from 1948. I also appreciated the seller's interesting history of Virginia Metalworkers, the careful packaging, and the speedy delivery.
Robin Raffer