{"product_id":"rare-art-deco-bronze-deer-sculpture-paperweight-signed-on-the-base-iris-cooke","title":"Rare 1920s Art Deco Bronze Deer Sculpture \/ Paperweight. Signed on the base: Iris Cooke","description":"\u003cp\u003eIris Cooke only worked for a very short period of time - and works by her are very rare and no not come onto the market very often.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a rare little Art Deco Bronze desktop sculpture or metal paperweight - which takes the form of a reclining deer or fawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was made around 1929, and signed on the base: Iris Cooke, as photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe artist was best known for these little bronze sculptures or paperweights, which she made in the late 1920s \/ early 1930s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: Her work is often quite slight in size - this little sleeping fawn is 7.5 cm in width and 5.5 cm in depth. The height is 3 cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIris was the daughter of the St Ives artist, Norman Cooke. She only worked for a few years at the end of the 1920s and exhibited at the Swansea Art Society Thirty-Fourth Exhibition, in 1929. She gave her address as being at Dunvegan, Carbis Bay in Cornwall. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was a member of the Swansea Art Society from 1929 - 1930. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery sweet little model - and a very rare item. It is made of cast bronze - the metal has a yellow sheen to it. It is in excellent condition and is now nearly 100 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31616820543552,"sku":"Sold for £295","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/rare-1920s-art-deco-bronze-deer-sculpture-paperweight-signed-on-the-base-iris-cooke-144.webp?v=1784966106","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/rare-art-deco-bronze-deer-sculpture-paperweight-signed-on-the-base-iris-cooke","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}