{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-314","title":"c1890 Kelva American Art Glass Hand Painted Box","description":"c1890 Kelva American Art Glass Hand Painted Box5.5\" wide x 3.5\" tall with no\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;cracks, chips, restorations, or wear to decoration, nice strong hinge. Great\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;box.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Decorated Opal ware was at the height of its popularity from 1890 to 1910, and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the C. F. Monroe Company was one of the largest producers of this type glass.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Charles F. Monroe opened his shop first shop in 1880; is was located at 36 West\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Main Street in Meriden, Connecticut and he dealt primarily in imported\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;glassware. By 1882, Monroe was operating his own glass-decorating studio, and\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;was soon employing highly talented local artists as decorators. When the 1890’s\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;arrived and the demand for finely decorated glass was its height, the Monroe\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;company was located in several large buildings on the corner of West Main Street\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and Capitol Avenue, and employed such fine artists as Carl V. Helmschmied,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Walter Nilson, J.J. Knoblauch, Joseph Hickish, Carl Puffee, Flora Fiest, Gustave\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Reinman, Florence Knoblauch, Emil Melchior, and Alma Wenk, Blanche Duval, Gussie\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Stremlan, Elizabeth Zeibart, and Elizabeth Casey, The decorators often went back\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and forth between the G934C Wavecrest Jewelry Box – Helmschmid Swirlcompanies,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and sometimes poses a problem of attribution. As is always, the case, public\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;tastes changed, and the demand for decorated Opal Ware began to decline after\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1910. The C.F. Monroe Company went out of business in 1916. –\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;tw243","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46669121159384,"sku":"7538141116_22C1","price":370.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/c1890-kelva-american-art-glass-hand-painted-boxestate-fresh-austin-735729.png?v=1757925257","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/ja\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-314","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}