New Study of Marie Zimmermann, Metalsmith Photographs by David Cole Two Marie Zimmermann works: a steel dagger, with precious and semiprecious stones, and an Egyptian-inspired box. She hired men to handle some of the finishing work on her vessels, daggers, jewelry, andirons, stained-glass windows, light fixtures and garden gates. But she did not let the subcontractors express much opinion. “I am the brains and they are the hands,” she told a journalist in the 1930s. Bruce Barnes and Joseph Cunningham, Arts and Crafts furniture collectors who live in Manhattan, have researched Zimmermann’s products and bristly personality for a new book, “The Jewelry and Metalwork of Marie Zimmermann” (Yale University Press). Producing the publication, due out in a few weeks, cost “significant six figures,” Mr. Mr. At her request Marie Zimmermann’s personal papers were burned after her death in 1972 at the age of 93, so some biographical details remain cloudy. Only in the last few years have museums paid much attention to Zimmermann.
halloween hunt - Test Antiques with a Black Light - Testing Antiques and Collectibles with a Black Light Many antiques lovers use a long wave black light to date objects and test for authenticity. Some clues to age or telltale signs of repair aren't easily visible to the naked eye, but will fluoresce under ultraviolet light. While it's not the end all answer in antique authentication and dating, it is a good place to start. Read on for six good ways to utilize black light testing and check out the Black Light Book published by Antique & Collectors Reproduction News to learn more. 1. Photo Courtesy of Morphy Auctions Hard paste porcelain should fluoresce a deep blue or purple color, while soft paste will glow white. A good repair job might not be readily visible without assistance, but will become obvious under a black light since glue used in repairs will fluoresce. 2. - Photo Courtesy of Morphy Auctions Many valuable vintage banks, mechanical toys and door stops from the early 1900s were made from cast iron. 3. - Photo by Pamela Wiggins 4. 5. - Scan by Jay B. 6.
Wedgwood Museum faces selloff to pay £134m pension debt after court ruling Britain is set to lose a world-renowned museum following a high court ruling which could force it to sell its collection to pay off a £134m pension deficit. The Wedgwood Museum in Stoke-on-Trent faces being forced to sell its historic collection of china, masterpieces by Stubbs, Romney and Reynolds, and an archive linked to the nation's social and industrial history. Judges in Birmingham ruled that the pottery collection owned by the museum was an asset of Waterford Wedgwood Potteries, which went bust in 2009. The collection can now be sold to pay off creditors, the largest of which is the Pension Protection Fund. The decision has shocked the art world because it could prove to be a test case for other public collections. Treasures likely to spark feverish bidding include two rare Portland vases, each valued at about £1m, and the archive of Josiah Wedgwood, the company's 18th-century founder. Simon Wedgwood, one of Josiah's descendents, was dismayed by the ruling.
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