Heavily Patinaed Bronze Box

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Heavily patinated Silvercrest bronze box. Signed underneath. Lined in cedar. Silver Crest was the trademark used by the Smith Metal … more Heavily patinated Silvercrest bronze box. Signed underneath. Lined in cedar. Silver Crest was the trademark used by the Smith Metal Arts Company of Buffalo. Expert craftsman from the Heintz Art Metal Shop formed the new company in 1919, utilizing much of what they had learned, manufacturing incredible bronze items. Heintz Art Metal Shop was founded in 1906, in New York by Otto Heintz. They discontinued their works in 1935 when a new name, Silver Crest, was taken. less