This Bronze Metal Forest Tree Stump Art Tray is an antique and heavy solid metal piece with a nice aged bronze finish. Made by vintage McClelland Barclay in the U.S.A. Northeast region, this ashtray features Art Nouveau style and is original from the late 1930s to early 1940S. 

Barclay was mainly an illustrator. A member of the Art Students League, the Chicago Art Club, the Society of Illustrators, the Association of Arts and Industries, and the Artists Guild.
Barclay did not limit himself to painting. In the late 1930s, he set up a small company to reproduce jewelry and fabricate utilitarian figures for ashtrays, bookends, desk sets, lamps, and other articles for home and office use, Unfortunately he was killed during WWII while in the US Navy, torpedoed by the Japanese in 1943

PRICES GO FROM $40 TO $475 FOR THIS ITEM ON EBAY--THIS ITEM ISN'T MUSEUM QUALITY BUT THE ARTIST IS

MEASURES: 4 1/8 " WIDE X 4 1/4 " HIGH X 1 1/4 " THICK

ITEM HAS BEEN USED AND SHOWS IT'S TRUE WEAR

W15                       7/11/26