Antique Arts and Crafts Copper Pitcher or Watering Can historical surrounded by young attendants

surrounded by young attendants

yellow and pinkish birds -- one on each side of the vase -- at first seem more like abstract passages than figurative forms

with just a bit of darkening to the brass

The reverse features a vertically striped black

I am not entirely sure if it is one of a kind  or if there were a number of these produced

Antique Arts and Crafts Copper Pitcher or Watering Can historical surrounded by young attendantsI think the lines of this antique Arts & Crafts copper pitcher or watering can are just fantastic boxy and honest, but super elegant and sophisticated at the same time. The patina on this piece, too, is just stunning. It feels as much a sculptural object as a utilitarian one, though it is that too! I myself might be inclined to use it as a vase rather than a watering can (or simply to put it on a shelf to display as an object) but the handle on the