- Golden Solid Brass Chest With Ship By Jennings Brothers
- Very Few Made Of Brass Ship Design
- Beautiful Solid Brass Construction Including Hinge
- Mahogany Wood Lined Entire Inside Box and Screwed On Corners
- Classic Book Shape Design With Covers and Pages
- Full Sail Ship On The Sea Embossed On The Cover
- 26.9 oz or 1.6lbs In Total Weight
- 5.5" x 4" x 2" Are The Dimensions Of This Piece
- Made In Late Teens Makes This Box Over 100 Years In Age
- Traditional "JB" Stamping On Back Side
- Alligator Scultping On The Whole Bottom
- Brass Feet Made Along Bottom Corners
- Detailed Book Spine & Pages Wrap Around Front
In 1891, the Jennings Brothers Manufacturing Company
began their manufactory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They continued
business into the early 1900s. The company produced some of the finest
crafted art metal pieces ever made during this Arts and Crafts time
period. Their creations included high grade bookends, candlesticks,
jewelry boxes, lamps and figurative items. Not lending themselves to
mass production, their methods were exacting and painstakingly detailed.
They relied upon the expertise of artists, sculptors and metal smiths.
Even today, Jennings Brothers metal works of art are highly prized.
Existing examples bear the distinctive hallmark of JB are keenly internationally sought after by collectors.
The
hard work, aggressive and sagacious management,
combined with
liberality and fidelity in dealing with customers,
has won for The
Jennings Brothers Manufacturing Company a clientage and reputation
equaled by few and excelled by none.