Forest Craft Guild Arts & Crafts Letter Holder by Forest Mann, 1910s agate and gold I'd guess earlyish 20th c

I'd guess earlyish 20th c

What a character

largely for the purpose of visiting their wonderful gift shop

but I've never seen

and the fabric and stretching around the edges

Forest Craft Guild Arts & Crafts Letter Holder by Forest Mann, 1910s agate and gold I'd guess earlyish 20th cThis is a very lovely Arts & Crafts letter holder by Forest Mann, who operated Forest Craft Guild in Grand Rapid Michigan, 1905 1918. An elegant form with perfect patina, and quintessentially Arts & Crafts triangle shaped cutouts with slightly rounded corners along the front. Born in 1879, Mann attended the Pratt Institute, NY, where he was a student of Arthur Wesley Dow. After graduating, he taught Arts & Crafts classes in Dayton, Ohio, and founded