✅ SOLVED Antique Rolled Gold Copper Bronze Box

[chadkeath]

Hi and hope everyone is having a wonderful evening/night. And thank you in advance for help. I am trying to find out anything about this piece. It is marked on bottom but I have come up empty on identifying age, history of maker and what the mark means. It reads Rolled Gold Hard Copper. K& Co. it has to have some good age to it. I’ve never seen a box saying rolled gold. Has amazing claw feet and top great relief design. It is 7x4 inches. Hoping anyone can shed some light.

 

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[Retired Sarge]

It reads "Cold rolled hard copper". Lined like it is, I'd say a jewelry box. Not finding a K & Co as of yet.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Found a listing on Etsy that lists it as K O & Co. Some things listed under with the same mark.

K and O Co - Etsy

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[chadkeath]

It reads "Cold rolled hard copper". Lined like it is, I'd say a jewelry box. Not finding a K & Co as of yet.

Thank you. Even with glasses I couldn’t read it.

 

[Bioheat1969]

This is a Kronheim & Oldenbusch trinket box, they were usa based and lasted from the late 1800s up to 1939 when it closed down, this company made many souviniers for the usa market using the old metal skills to make figurines and other pieces made from different metals. This particular item looks to be right around the turn of the century, the logo on the bottom of the box is a K inside an O, (K & O co.), hope that helps, I don't have any idea of the value though.

 

[tamrock]

Nice antique. Definitely Art Nouveau era. Which I think dates it.

Art Nouveau - Wikipedia

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[Retired Sarge]

Thank you. Even with glasses I couldn’t read it.

Well I cheated on that part, looking at it on my phone I can zoom in and read it clearly. Comes in handy when I'm trying to read markings on guns. My eyes aren't what they use to be either.

 

[GlowingArtist]

I am wondering if someone put multiple parts together or a repair was made so it has multiple types of metal in it.

 

[UnderMiner]

A great little fancy box! Perfect for silver coins and ring storage!

 

[Retired Sarge]

I am wondering if someone put multiple parts together or a repair was made so it has multiple types of metal in it.

It appears to be as made by the manufacturer. It's not uncommon to use a mix of colors when working in copper or brass and gold to create a unique piece.

 

[GlowingArtist]

It appears to be as made by the manufacturer. It's not uncommon to use a mix of colors when working in copper or brass and gold to create a unique piece.

So it is kind of like the SD (rose?) gold multi colored jewelry? I think it was overkill and took away from great shapley carved shape designs on the top.

 

[Retired Sarge]

So it is kind of like the SD (rose?) gold multi colored jewelry? I think it was overkill and took away from great shapley carved shape designs on the top.

Bingo, also like Black Hills gold jewelry. What some people see as gaudy is seen as beauty by others, and vice-versa. As the old adage goes "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

 

[Bioheat1969]

So it is kind of like the SD (rose?) gold multi colored jewelry? I think it was overkill and took away from great shapley carved shape designs on the top.

Remember, this company was producing products from the late 1800s through to 1939. 1877 through the 1890s was the gilded age, a time when the rich and famous were gaudy beyond compare the public wanted to be able to mimic this prosperity. Products like this were seen as a way to do just that. It's actually quite a nice example of the period.