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OMAR
RAMSDEN (1873-1939) & ALWYN CARR (1872-1940)
A hammered silver rose bowl, supported on three feet, decorated with
rose
branches and the motto:- ‘Flowers are the playthings
fair left by angels long ago’.
With small original inscription ‘W
H H April 28th 1905’. Hallmarks London 1904.
Size: Dia.
at rim 17.8 cm. base 18.8 cm. across feet 20.1 cm. Ht. 11 cm.
Mark for Ramsden & Carr & ‘Designed and made by Ramsden
& Carr. London’. Sold |
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BIRMINGHAM
SCHOOL
An Arts & Crafts silver photograph frame with central plaques
of male figures
surrounded by a border of grape vines set with eight cabochon moonstones.
Size: Height 20.5
cm. Width 15.4 cm. Depth 1.5 cm. English. Circa 1900.
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CHARLES
ROBERT ASHBEE (1863-1942)
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver bowls repoussé decorated
with stylised leaves.
Size: Diameter of bowl 12.5 cm. Height
3 cm.
Marked ‘C . R. A.’ for Charles Robert Ashbee. Hallmarks
for London 1900.
Lit.: Modern English Silverwork. Essex House Press 1909.
C. R. Ashbee. Sold
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C. R. ASHBEE (1863-1942)
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An Arts & Crafts Silver teapot with a chrysoprase set lid finial.
Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1901. Size:
Height 23 cm.
Lit.: Modern English Silverwork. C. R. Ashbee. Essex House
Press. Plate 24. Sold |
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THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
A hammered silver box set with a FLEETWOOD CHARLES
VARLEY enamel.
Size: Length 10.6 cm. Width 6.3 cm. Height. 5.1 cm. Marked to lid
and box‘G of H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1902. Enamel
signed ‘Varley’. Lit.: The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd.,
Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths & Jewellers.
Sold
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C. R. ASHBEE (1863-1942)
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An Arts
& Crafts planished silver biscuit barrel. The lid inset with an
enamel
of doves of peace in flight. The lid finial and the handles set with
speckled blue enamel plaques. Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’
Hallmarks for London 1904.
Size: Height 20 cm. Diameter of base 14.5 cm. Across handles 23 cm.
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THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
A pair of silver bowls pierced with a design of ‘Hearts
and Flowers’ .
Probably a private commission for a personal gift of affection.
Size: Diameter 12.6 cm. Height 4.3 cm. Base 6.9 cm. Marked
‘G of H Ltd.’
Lit.: Modern English Silverwork. Essex House Press 1909.
Similar design illus. 97.
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C. R. ASHBEE (1863-1942)
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver, cup and cover.
The cup with decorated panels set three cabochon amethysts.
The cover final also set with an amethyst cabochon.
Size: Height 27 cm. Diameter of base 9.8 cm.
Marked ‘G of
H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1905.
Lit.: A variant design illustrated in Modern
English Silverwork. C. R. Ashbee. Essex House Press. Plate 26.
Sold
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C.
R. ASHBEE (1863-1942) THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An Arts & Crafts silver toast rack
set with green chalcedony.
Size: Length 10.5 cm. Width 7.3 cm.
Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1907. Lit.:
The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths
& Jewellery. Sold |
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C.
R. ASHBEE (1863-1942) THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An early hammered silver four piece cruet set with coral and
chrysoprase stones. Size: Two peppers. Height. 6.4 cm. Base
diameter 3.1 cm.
Two Salts. Rim diameter 3.4. One salt height t. 1.8 cm. Other 1.9
cm.
Marked
with Dutch import mark for silver. Circa 1895
Lit.: Modern English Silverwork. C. R. Ashbee. Essex House
Press. Pepper p.38.
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LIBERTY & Co.
A Cymric, silver clock with an enamelled dial. Faux rivet decoration
to front and sides. The clock face with the legend
'FESTINA LENTE', ‘make haste, slowly’.
Size: Ht. 14 cm. W. at base 8.3 cm. Depth 6.7 cm. Mark for Liberty
& Co. and ‘Cymric’. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1903.
Lit.: Archibald Knox. Edited Stephen A. Martin.
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A.
E. JONES (1879-1954)
A pair of Arts
& Crafts silver candlesticks decorated with bands of geometric
motifs. The
square bases with four raised boss details.
Size: Height 19.5 cm. Base 7 cm. by 7 cm.
Mark for A. E. Jones. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1908.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones. Sold
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EDWARD
SPENCER (1872-1938) for ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
An Arts & Crafts five piece turned wood silver mounted cruet set.
Size: Salts, Ht. 6.2 cm. rim dia. 6 cm. Spoons 7 cm. long. Peppers,
Ht. 10.5 cm.
base dia. 4.5 cm. Mustard,
base dia. 5 cm. Ht. 11 cm. Spoon 8.7 cm. long.
Marks:- Salts, Artificers’ Guild &
Edward Spencer, London 1928. Spoon, Artificers’
Guild, London 1928. Peppers, Artificers’ Guild.
Mustard, Artificers’ Guild, London 1927.
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OLIVER
BAKER (1856-1939)
An organic Arts & Crafts silver on copper bowl decorated with
Connemara marble.
Size: Diameter of bowl at rim 16 cm. Largest centre
diameter 26 cm.
Height of copper bowl 14.6 cm. Total height 16 cm. Unmarked.
English. Circa 1898. Lit.: The Designs of Archibald Knox.
A. J. Tilbrook. Sold
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JAMES
DIXON & SONS
Silver Arts & Crafts square based candlesticks,
with faux rivet detail.
Size: Height 22 cm . Two pairs of these candlesticks
are available each with the retailer's mark for Goldsmiths &
Silversmiths.
One pair with hallmarks
for London 1905. Sold
The other London 1904. Sold |
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A.
E. JONES (1879-1954) RUSKIN POTTERY (1898-1935)
A boxed set of Arts & Crafts, hammered silver salts with Ruskin
ceramic liners. The salt spoons with twisted stems and ball finials.
Size: Diameter of salts 6.2 cm. Across handles 9.5 cm. Spoons 7 cm.
long. Marks for A. E. Jones and hallmarks for
B'ham 1912. One spoon B'ham 1911. Impressed Ruskin to bases of liners.
Sold
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A.
E. JONES (1879-1954) Taken from a Charles Robert
Ashbee design.
An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver bowl and cover, with an enamel
set final.
Size: Diameter at centre of bowl 11.6 cm. Height 6.6 cm. (Stabilizing
coat to enamel.)
Maker’s marks and hallmarks for B’ham 1922.
See:- Design 48. Modern English Silverwork. C. R. Ashbee.
Essex House Press. Sold
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WILLIAM HUTTON &
SONS Ltd.
A pair of Art Nouveau silver and enamel candlesticks.
Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for London 1902.
Size: Height 15.5
cm. Base diameter 10.5 cm. Sconce diameter 5.3 cm.
Sold
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A.
E. JONES (1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts hammered silver box. The lid decorated with an
abbreviated quotation from Robert
Herrick’s English poem of 1648,
‘Gather ye roses while ye may
old time is still a-flying’. Maker’s
mark and hallmarks for Birmingham 1910.
Size: Length 11.5 cm. Width 6.7 cm. Height 3.2 cm.
Sold
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BIRMINGHAM
GUILD OF HANDICRAFTS Ltd. (Established 1895)
A pair of Arts & Crafts lightly hammered silver
candlesticks.
Size: Height 16 cm.
Diameter of base 9.6 cm.
Marks for Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. Hallmarks for Birmingham
1900.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones. Sold |
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THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
A rare silver bowl, pierced with
a design of owls and eagles amongst trees.
Size: Dia. 20.3cm. Ht 5.7
cm. Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1905.
Lit.: Modern English
Silverwork. Essex House Press 1909. C. R. Ashbee.
A similar design illustrated plate 97.
Sold
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ARCHIBALD KNOX for
LIBERTY & Co.
A fine enamelled silver vase.
Height 18 cm. Diameter at neck of vase
6 cm. Diameter of base 10.7 cm.
Marked
for Liberty & Co. and ‘Cymric’. Hallmarks for Birmingham
1906.
Lit.: The Designs of Archibald Knox.
A. J. Tilbrook. Sold
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BERNARD CUZNER (1877-1956)
for LIBERTY & Co.
An Arts & Crafts, Cymric, silver bowl set with large turquoise
stones.
Size: Height 16 cm. Diameter at rim 19 cm. Base diameter
16 cm.
Mar ks for Liberty
& Co. and ‘Cymric’. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1904.
Lit.: The Designs of Archibald Knox. A. J. Tilbrook. Similar illustrated
page 44. Sold
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KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
An Arts & Crafts silver box. The lid depicting a young girl admiring
her reflection
in a mirror.
The sides with typical Kate Harris floral designs.
Size: Lid 8.5 cm. long 7.8
cm. wide. Base at feet 7.3 cm. long 8 cm. wide. Ht. 5.4 cm.
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for London 1899. Sold
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KATE
HARRIS for GEORGE LAWRENCE CONNELL
An Art Nouveau silver two handled bowl. Each handle decorated
with bell flowers.
Size: Dia, of bowl at rim 13.5 cm. and at base 6.9 cm. L
across handles 26.15 cm.
Maker's marks. Hallmarks for London 1909. Sold
Illus.: The Studio.1900, in a Connell advertisement
for ‘Modern Artists' Silverware’.
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KATE
HARRIS. GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS Ltd.
An Art Nouveau silver jewellery box. The interior relined with blue
velvet.
Size: Base.
Length across feet 19 cm. Width 11.5 cm.
Lid. Length 16.8 cm. Width 9.5 cm. Height of box 7 cm.
Retailer’s mark Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
Ltd. Hallmarks for London 1900. Sold |
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KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
An Art Nouveau silver cylindrical box. The pull off
lid decorated with three
stylized leaves
and a central flower bud final.
Size: Height 9 cm. Diameter 7. 3 cm.
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for London 1899.
Sold
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A.
E. JONES (1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver bowl, decorated with a rose
frieze border.
The bowl supported on four legs with a removable silver mesh insert
for flower arrangement. Mark for A. E. Jones. Hallmarks for
B’ham 1906.
Size: Ht. 14 cm. Diameter 16.5 cm. With rose wire Ht. 14.2 cm. Dia.
17.2 cm. Sold
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OMAR
RAMSDEN (1873-1939) & ALWYN CARR (1872-1940)
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver salts chased with a bands of roses
and inset with green
glass liners. Marks for Ramsden & Carr. Hallmarks for
London 1916.
Size: Height 6 cm. Height with glass 7.2 cm. Base diameter 5.2 cm.
Rim dia. 5.2 cm.
Lit.: Omar Ramsden exhibition catalogue, Birmingham
Museum, 1993. Sold
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A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
A very unusual, Aesthetic Movement
centrepiece.
The hammered silver
centrepiece, decorated with a frog, a lizard and a lily pad amongst
the swirling water of a pond.
Size: Approx. largest dia. at
middle 22 cm. Dia. at rim 13 cm. Dia. at base 14.5 cm.
Height 20.5 cm. Maker's mark and hallmarks for Birmingham 1913.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones. Sold
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JESSIE
MARION KING for LIBERTY & Co.
An Art Nouveau silver mirror decorated with florets and blue/ green
enamelling.
The frame with a wood easel back. Size: Height 35 cm. Width
19 cm.
Mark for Liberty & Co. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1907.
Lit.: The Glasgow Style. Gerald & Celia Larner. Glasgow
Girls. Women in Art and Design 1880-1920. Edited Jude
Burkhauser 1990. Sold
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