MAURICE DAURAT (1880-1969) - BOX with rectangular body resting on a small heel. The lid has a blossoming central grip. Proof in pewter brassware with finely hammered surface. Signed and monogrammed under the base Circa 1920-1930 Minimal bumps Height: 8 cm - Length: 17 cm - Width: 9.5 cm Self-taught, Maurice Daurat first experimented with bronze, copper and silver before turning to pewter in 1906. Pewter became his material of choice for its discreet lustre, its very nature, enabling him to create simple shapes in contrast to the historicizing, highly ornamented forms of the artists of the turn of the century. With this work, he became part of the nascent Art-Deco movement, and was awarded an honorary diploma at the 1925 Exposition Universelle.