Covered Box (1903): Art, History and Details
Covered Box at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1903, silver, copper, ceramic with wood lining. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Covered Box (1903) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is A. Edward Jones (British, 1878–1954).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
British designer Albert Edward Jones founded A. Edward Jones in 1902, an Arts and Crafts metalworking firm that primarily produced ecclesiastical and domestic objects at the time of this box's creation. The box combines silver and copper metalwork, sleekly designed with limited embellishment.
Object facts
- Title: Covered Box
- Date: 1903
- Creator attribution: A. Edward Jones (British, 1878–1954)
- Culture: England, Birmingham
- Type: Metalwork
- Technique: silver, copper, ceramic with wood lining
- Dimensions: Overall: 9 x 14.2 x 11.8 cm (3 9/16 x 5 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Accession number: 1982.252
Collection credit
Gift of Henry H. Hawley
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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