" forming a gear that still turns
This would be great hanging in the kitchen for keeping a grocery or to do list
It is from them that I know that it is Shaker
it has a bit of a WPA feeling about it
And with its pretty gold-toned wheat design in relief
Conrad Fehn, Amsterdam School c. 1920s Hand-hammered Pewter Box painted loon " forming a gear thatThis one comes from the personal collection of my mother, who purchased it at an estate sale many years ago. It is the work of Conrad Fehn (b. 1891), a German born Dutch metalworker and artist, who opened a studio in Haarlem around 1917, where he produced a wide range of mostly metal objects (most often in copper) including sculptures, plaques, lamps, trays, and boxes. Fehn worked during the peak of the "Amsterdam School", 1910s 30s, which emerged as