Bronze Plated Antique leaf dish with accompanying acorn 1930s

Description

Antique 1930s McClelland Barclay Leaf Dish. This beautiful piece measures approximately 6” X 7” X 2.25" and is signed on the bottom. The bronze finish has wear commensurate with its age.
The Artist,
McClelland Barclay
(1891 – 1943) was primarily known for his Illustration work. By the age of 21, Barclay's work had been published in
The Saturday Evening Post
,
Ladies' Home Journal
, and
Cosmopolitan
. Born in
St. Louis
in 1891, He studied at the
Art Institute of Chicago
, and later at the
Art Students League
in
New York City
. 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. These products were fabricated out of cast grey metal with a thick bronze plate finish.
He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the
Naval Reserve
in 1938
and following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he went on active duty. At the time of his death, in 1943, he was a
Lt. Commander
.
The USS LST 342 he was aboard was torpedoed in the Solomon Islands. On board, sketching and taking photographs at the time, Barclay's body was not recovered.