Vintage Cellini-Craft Handwrought Aluminum  Carafe Pitcher Vase

Description

Vintage Cellini-Craft Aluminum Pitcher. Marked Argental Handwrought on the bottom.
It is shaped like a melon with small hammered marks, and it has a stylized handle. The pitcher has a silver-like finish, and it is in very good vintage condition with some surface scratches from use. It would
make a glorious centerpiece when filled with seasonal or dry flowers.
7.25" x 7.5" x 4.5" (18.5 x 19 x 11.5 cm). 12.65 ozt.
A similar item sold at live auctioneers, being estimated at 0-0.
During the Depression years, when silver-buying clients were scarce, many silversmiths went out of business. In 1934 Walter Gerlach and Hans Grag survived by setting up Cellini-Craft and creating a line of modestly-priced hand wrought aluminum items they named Argental (from the French word for silver).
Advertised as "new, lightweight, silver-like, non-tarnishing, strong as steel but entirely hand wrought,"
Argental
was stylish but inexpensive—an important factor during the Great Depression, when few could afford to purchase costly sterling silver tableware.