Roycroft, Five Accessories with Four Related Texts

New York, to include (2) hammered copper pieces: the first, a circa 1928-38 small bowl (3 1/4 x 4 in.), the second a circa 1920-8 dual handled tray (12 in.), both with company marks to underside; (3) 1920s-30s brown glaze small ceramic jugs, a pair marked with company cipher and "THE ROYCROFT SHOP/EAST AURORA N.Y." (5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.) and the smaller marked with company cipher and "ROYCROFT PRODUCTS CO./EAST AURORA N.Y." to underside (4 3/4 x 4 in.).

Also in the lot are (4) books published by The Roycrofters, including: Elbert Hubbard's Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors William Morris (1900. Limited edition #314 of 947 copies. Suede wraps stamped in gilt.); Olive Schreiner's So Here then are Dreams (1901. Suede backed gray paper boards.); Elbert and Alice Hubbard's In Memoriam (1915. Blind-stamped soft green leather.); and Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book (1923. String-bound cardboard wraps.). (Books range from good minus to very good condition.)

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Fleabite to rim and a few glaze skips to small jug; cork remnants to interior of another jug; minor scuffing to underside and rubbing to patina of small bowl; some scratching and marks to surface and scattered verdigris to underside of tray.