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SHOULDERBONE

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Item Details

Early 20th century Hugh Wallis ( 1871 - 1943) Arts & Crafts folding table. With a large, hammered copper tray top featuring an inlaid pewter armorial shield and oak leaf motif, and pewter inlay edging. It is stamp signed. The chunky bobbin, folding base is made from solid, stained oak. Good antique condition.


Hugh Wallis was a coppersmith working in Altrincham, Cheshire (UK) from 1900 mostly making trays with distinctive pewter inlays and patterned rims. Much of what survives has unfortunately had the inlay polished out. He studied at the Herkomer Art School, Hertfordshire in the early 1890s and exhibited fourteen times at the Royal Academy of Arts. Wallis developed a technique which involved painting the required design in negative using 'plumbers black' then fluxing the area to be tinned and then running solder on to the item and wiping the surface with a 'moleskin'. The design was then delineated by chasing the perimeter and any other detail needed. This was done whilst the piece was flat so then it had to be 'raised' on a wood block (an appropriately shaped tree stump) and the edge rolled and wired. It was then oxidised, relieved with pumice powder and lacquered.

  • Period: 1910s
    • Price: £320.00
    • €380 Euro
    • $423 US Dollar
  • Location: England
    • Dimensions: H: 51cm (20.08in)
    • W: 58cm (22.83in)
    • D: 57cm (22.44in)