ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH HEINRICH, NEW YORK, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY BLACK, STARR, & FROST, NEW YORK

Joseph Heinrich (active 1897-1937) was an important arts-and-crafts movement metal worker based in New York in the early 20th century. Though his work is often unsigned, the hammered copper and distinctly American decorative schemes are easily identifiable. Heinrich often retailed his work through firms like Tiffany & Co. in New York and Shreve, Crump & Lowe Co. in Boston, whose clients were interested in the most current styles and designs in American silver and decorative arts.
The present lot can be tied to Heinrich’s oeuvre through motifs which are distinct to Heinrich's work, such as the silver bear pelt, also seen on the punch bowl the present sale, as well as the bull head, which can be seen on a candelabrum centerpiece sold Christie's, New York, 7 May 2020, lot 41.