Pair of Regency Papier Maché Wine Coasters and Matching Bread Basket by Clay
£575
a pair of Regency papier maché wine coasters and matching bread basket by Henry Clay decorated with golden disks on a vermicelli ground.
(one handle to the bread basket restored)
Henry Clay’s papier maché producing company flourished from the early 1770s. His patents on painted paper maché production expired in 1802, and Henry Clay died a rich man in 1812. The company continued until the 1820s
