Metalsmith Made Pewter Lidded Box with Brass Dove, Marked MS antique pot with great flame-like shape to

with great flame-like shape to it that amplifies a sense of drama and makes for a bit of illusionism

I will try to relinquish this lens through which I seem to be regarding everything at the moment

aqua and red

it would be great most anywhere

A lovely example of a late 19th/early 20th c

Metalsmith Made Pewter Lidded Box with Brass Dove, Marked MS antique pot with great flame-like shape toI purchased this little box as well as a trunk shaped one by the same maker from a dealer friend in Cambridge with one of the very best eyes I know. They both have the first glance feeling of very sweet folk objects to me, almost with the feel of trench art pieces, but yet they're quite nicely crafted, and stamped with a maker's mark, MS, on the underside. Definitely with good age, earlyish 20th c. I would guess and the combination of octagonal shape,