Vintage Cellini-Craft / Argental Handwrought Handmade 171 Scallop Shell Dish
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| Management number | 49637050 | Release Date | 2026/02/04 | List Price | $14.99 | Model Number | 49637050 | ||
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Vintage Cellini-Craft / Argental Handwrought Handmade 171 Scallop Shell Dish
Mostly clean; some scratches & scuffs & small dents & metal possible corrosion; looks great!
Ernest Gerlach started a small metalcraft shop in Evanston, IL, a suburb of Chicago, in 1914. Gerlach, who had trained at the Marshall Field & Company Craft Shop, named his operation after Benvenuto Cellini, the 16th Century Florentine goldsmith and mannerist sculptor. Most of the shop's early items were produced by David and Walter Mulholland, whose Mulholland Brothers shop was also in Evanston.
After World War I, Gerlach's brother Walter joined the company, and the two hired metal workers from Europe, including Hans Grag, whose signature often appeared along with the Cellini-Craft mark on holloware the company later produced.
During the Depression years, when silver-buying clients were scarce, many silversmiths went out of business. Walter Gerlach and Hans Grag survived by setting up Cellini-Craft...
(INV #27)
| Category | Vintage & collectibles > Antique > Collectibles |
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| Size | N/A |
| Brand | Cellini |
| Condition | Fair |
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