The Coppercraft Guild of Taunton, MA, was in 1949 one of the first companies in the U.S. to employ multi-level-sales (AKA Tupperware) to peddle its products, among which was a line of pseudo-repousse wall art. That included a series in the mid-1950s with oriental motifs when, for some reason, there was a flurry of interest in things Asian. (See
Teahouse of the August Moon, Sayonara and a Japanese version of
Madam Butterfly released in the U.S. with Italian dubbing and English subtitles.)
The work at hand appears to probably date from that period. It's a 10 1/4 by 12 inch fairly light-gauge copper low-relief stamping, patinated and hand-accented with colored laquers, then clear-coated. It was the most elaborate piece in Coppercraft Guild's Oriental suite. The plaque is stamped in the lower right with a version of the company's "CG" trademark. Probably a sales sample, the work is in at least good condition with negligible abrasion but three light creases evident in the upper left quarter and along the mid-right side.
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