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Patrick Kapty
Patrick Kapty
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8 months ago
A rare vintage 1950s one of a kind handmade pewter and enamel over silver and gold Adam & Eve Garden of Eden design two-piece modernist box by American artist/enamelist Hilda Kraus. A two piece oval-shaped box with the top fitting closely over the bottom section. The top section features the enamel over gold and silver artwork at top, and the bottom section is signed inside as shown. No doubt one of a kind as were all of her boxes, and a colorful depiction of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden with Eve offering Adam a bite of her apple. Hilda Kraus was a renaissance-woman, and worked in a lot of different materials over the course of her career. She is particularly well known for her handmade pewter boxes, most with inset enamel on gold overlaid on silver sections like this one. I also have listed here on Ruby Lane another of her boxes with a mythological creature depicted at top, a pendant in pewter with one of these gold over silver enameled sections, a wonderful modernist enamel in sterling silver brooch by her, and a couple of her unique one of a kind pewter modernist serving sets. To find other items by her in my store please search by the Artist name in my shop. This is one of her larger enameled boxes. The box is in two pieces, the lid and the base. The box measures 3.5" across by 3-1/8" at top by 2.5" tall, and weighs about 12 ounces total. Stamped mark inside as shown, "Hilda Kraus Pewter". Pewter is a soft metal, so there are some fine light scratches to the metal and lots of tarnish that I haven't touched, but that can be easily removed with a jar of store-bought pewter polish, or you may choose to have the box professionally polished - there are a couple of fine craze lines inside the enamel at top in the 'sky' section that you can see clearly in my photo from the top, but that otherwise aren't really apparent and don't detract in the least when displayed and the crazing is 'inside' the enamel and can't be felt on the surface.

A rare vintage 1950s one of a kind handmade pewter and enamel over silver and gold Adam & Eve Garden of Eden design two-piece modernist box by American artist/enamelist Hilda Kraus. A two piece oval-shaped box with the top fitting closely over the bottom section. The top section features the enamel over gold and silver artwork at top, and the bottom section is signed inside as shown. No doubt one of a kind as were all of her boxes, and a colorful depiction of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden with Eve offering Adam a bite of her apple. Hilda Kraus was a renaissance-woman, and worked in a lot of different materials over the course of her career. She is particularly well known for her handmade pewter boxes, most with inset enamel on gold overlaid on silver sections like this one. I also have listed here on Ruby Lane another of her boxes with a mythological creature depicted at top, a pendant in pewter with one of these gold over silver enameled sections, a wonderful modernist enamel in sterling silver brooch by her, and a couple of her unique one of a kind pewter modernist serving sets. To find other items by her in my store please search by the Artist name in my shop. This is one of her larger enameled boxes. The box is in two pieces, the lid and the base. The box measures 3.5" across by 3-1/8" at top by 2.5" tall, and weighs about 12 ounces total. Stamped mark inside as shown, "Hilda Kraus Pewter". Pewter is a soft metal, so there are some fine light scratches to the metal and lots of tarnish that I haven't touched, but that can be easily removed with a jar of store-bought pewter polish, or you may choose to have the box professionally polished - there are a couple of fine craze lines inside the enamel at top in the 'sky' section that you can see clearly in my photo from the top, but that otherwise aren't really apparent and don't detract in the least when displayed and the crazing is 'inside' the enamel and can't be felt on the surface.

Hilda Kraus, a well-known designer, artist, jeweler, enamelist and metalsmith, was born in New York City in 1915. She had a B.A. from Hunter College in 1935 and completed her post graduate studies at International Academy of Art, Salzburg, Austria, in 1967, 72, 77. Ms. Kraus served as an apprentice to a Danish silversmith for 3 years. and studied traditional enameling methods in the great centers of Europe (France, Italy, Germany). She at one time had shops in N.Y.C, Connecticut and Maine. When she moved to Westport in the 1950’s she maintained her studio in her home. Hilda spent many hours teaching and taking classes at the Brookfield Craft Center, as well as being a part of both solo and joint exhibitions there. Hilda was a lifetime member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists and a Master Craftsman as awarded by the Society for Connecticut Craftsman. During her lifetime, Hilda was the recipient of many awards and prizes for her work both here and in Europe, especially for her work in cloisonné enamels. Her work is in the collections of the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse; the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; and the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington. In 1946, her work was featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art called Modern Handmade Jewelry, one of the earliest and most influential jewelry exhibitions in the postwar period. She was also awarded a purchase prize in the seminal exhibition Enamels ’70 organized by the Craft Alliance of St. Louis. Understanding the vision and importance of the Brookfield Craft Center as an institution of fine craft and catalyst for creativity, Ms. Kraus left a legacy gift to the BCC upon her death in 2014. Through the generosity of her long-time friend and Brookfield Craft Center supporter, Nell Mullen, a retrospective exhibition of her life’s work was featured in the Lynn Tendler Bignell gallery at the Craft Center in April of 2017.

Hilda Kraus, a well-known designer, artist, jeweler, enamelist and metalsmith, was born in New York City in 1915. She had a B.A. from Hunter College in 1935 and completed her post graduate studies at International Academy of Art, Salzburg, Austria, in 1967, 72, 77. Ms. Kraus served as an apprentice to a Danish silversmith for 3 years. and studied traditional enameling methods in the great centers of Europe (France, Italy, Germany). She at one time had shops in N.Y.C, Connecticut and Maine. When she moved to Westport in the 1950’s she maintained her studio in her home. Hilda spent many hours teaching and taking classes at the Brookfield Craft Center, as well as being a part of both solo and joint exhibitions there. Hilda was a lifetime member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists and a Master Craftsman as awarded by the Society for Connecticut Craftsman. During her lifetime, Hilda was the recipient of many awards and prizes for her work both here and in Europe, especially for her work in cloisonné enamels. Her work is in the collections of the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse; the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; and the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington. In 1946, her work was featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art called Modern Handmade Jewelry, one of the earliest and most influential jewelry exhibitions in the postwar period. She was also awarded a purchase prize in the seminal exhibition Enamels ’70 organized by the Craft Alliance of St. Louis. Understanding the vision and importance of the Brookfield Craft Center as an institution of fine craft and catalyst for creativity, Ms. Kraus left a legacy gift to the BCC upon her death in 2014. Through the generosity of her long-time friend and Brookfield Craft Center supporter, Nell Mullen, a retrospective exhibition of her life’s work was featured in the Lynn Tendler Bignell gallery at the Craft Center in April of 2017.

A rare vintage 1950s Hilda Kraus handmade enamel on silver and gold decorated pewter lidded box depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

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