About This Artwork

Elizabeth E. Copeland
American, 1866-1957

Covered Box, c. 1920

Silver, painted enamel, cloisonné, and cabochon stones
7 x 14 x 10.2 cm (2 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 in.)
Marked: "EC" (on bottom in applied wire)
Laura S. Matthews Fund, 1982.1291

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Wilmington, Delaware Art Museum, The Pre-Raphaelite Era, Apr. 12–June 6, 1976, cat. 7-35.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago," November 7, 2009-January 31, 2010, cat. 25.

Publication History

Annelies Krekel-Aalberse, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver (Abrams, 1989), pp. 98, 105, no. 81.

Elyse Zom Karlin, The Arts and Crafts Jewelry Movement in Europe (Schiffer, 1992), ill.

Judith A. Barter et al, American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 337-39, no. 181.

Ownership History

Lillian Nassau, Limited, New York City, by 1982; sold to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.