PHOEBE
A. TRAQUAIR (1852-1936)
‘THE KISS’. An important, rare and beautiful, enamel triptych
with foil over
copper, set in a copper alloy stemmed frame. Signed and dated
1903. Size: 27.2 cm.
Lit: Revue du Vrai et du Beau, 1926. p.24. The Arts &
Crafts Movement in Ireland,
Paul Larmour, 1992, p.74. Phoebe Anna Traquair, Elizabeth
Cummings, 1993, p.75. Exhibited first in Dublin at the Arts &
Crafts Society of Ireland Exhibition, in a special section ‘Artists
not resident in Ireland’. In Edinburgh in 1985, ‘Edinburgh
and Dublin, Arts & Crafts Exhibition,’ cat. no.76. ‘The
Scottish National Portrait Gallery Exhibition’, 1993 cat. no.74.
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A.
C. C. JAHN. ( A.R.C.A.)
An Arts & Crafts, vibrant enamel over coloured foils, depicting
the RED CROSS KNIGHT from Spenser's ‘The Faerie Queen’.
In original metal frame with original
wood and glass case cover. Signed ‘A. C. C. JAHN’.
British. Circa 1900. Size: Enamel 17 cm. x 10 cm. Case
frame 25. 5 cm x 18. 5 cm. |
THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An Arts & Crafts copper box inset with a FLEETWOOD CHARLES VARLEY
enamel. The enamel signed ‘Varley’. Inscribed
to interior of the enamel, ‘Designed and executed by Fleetwood
C. Varley, Campden Glos. Aug. 1905’. Guild of Handicraft Ltd.
stamped marks to copper. Size: Width 23 cm. Depth 13.5 cm. Ht. 5 cm.
SOLD
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KATE M. EAIDE
(Attrib.)
An Arts & Crafts enamel over
coloured foils on copper of The Annunciation.
Signed to the enamel. Original refurbished ebonised frame.
British. 1900. Size: Enamel 12.4 cm.
x 6.8 cm. . Total size with frame 20.5 cm. x 14.5 cm.
(Minor restoration to top corner and tip of red enamel wing.)
SOLD |
JAMES FREDERIC SHIELDS
An Arts & & Crafts copper box, with
applied wirework and cast decoration,
inset with five enamel plaques of British country wildlife and with
two enamel plaques of fruiting trees. British. Circa 1900.
Size of lid: width 24.5 cm. Depth 9.5 cm. Height of box 8.5 cm. |
MABEL P. SEFTON.
‘ELAINE’.
An Arts & Crafts enamel plaque on copper
of Elaine of Astolat,
Lady of Shalott, who, in Arthurian legend, dies of her unrequited
love for Lancelot. Signed to reverse in gold. Original refurbished
frame.
British. 1909. Probably exhibited
Liverpool Walker Art Gallery Autumn 1909. No 2030.
Size: Enamel 15.6 cm. x 6.6 cm. cm. Total size with frame 18 cm. x
9.5 cm. |
| JOHN
PEARSON
A rich dark patinated copper charger, decorated to the centre with
a galleon at sea followed through the waves by playful porpoises.
A scrolling floral motif to the outside border.
Signed, ‘J. P.’ Dated ‘1903’ and
numbered ‘3072’. Size: Diameter 60 cm. |
JAMES FREDERIC SHIELDS
(Attrib.)
An Arts & & Crafts copper desk tidy, with applied wirework
decoration, inset with an enamel plaque of a seahorse and fish.
With copper loop, to enable the desk tidy
to be hung on the wall, to display
the enamel. Signed with monogram. British. Circa 1900.
Size: L. 20 cm. W. 11.2 cm. Ht. 3.4 cm. Enamel size: L. 9.6 cm. W.
5.2 cm. SOLD |
ALEXANDER FISHER (1864-1936)
An important Symbolist enamel depicting
William Morris’s lyric poem SIGURD THE VOLSUNG, based on Morris’s
and
Eirikr Magnusson’s translation of the Icelandic epic Volsunga
Saga.
Unsigned. C.1900. Enamel size 21
cm. x 14 cm. Frame 36 cm. x 31.5 cm. Original frame.
Lit.: Alexander Fisher: Pioneer of Arts & Crafts Enamelling.
Steven Pudney.
(For more details of this
item see Artist/Designer page.) |
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT
Ltd. (1888-1907)
An Arts & Crafts copper box inset with a FLEETWOOD CHARLES VARLEY
enamelled wooded landscape. The enamel signed ‘Varley’.
Inscribed to interior of the enamel ‘G O, H Designed and executed
by Fleetwood C. Varley April 1906. Campden’.
Size: Width 18.7 cm. Depth 12.4 cm. Height 4.7 cm.
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PHOEBE A. TRAQUAIR
(1852-1936)
‘MOTHERHOOD’.
An Arts Crafts enamel over coloured
foils set in a copper
alloy frame decorated with enamel beads.
Signed with monogram and dated
1906.
Size: Central enamel 17 cm. x 14 cm. Enamel plaques diameter 3.5
cm. SOLD |
JOHN
PEARSON
A copper wall plaque depicting the tree of life in front of the rising
sun,
surrounded by the motto,‘As the sun colours flowers so art colours
life’.
Quotation ~Sir John Lubbock. (1834-1914)
Signed,‘John Pearson’. Dated ‘1896’. Diameter
31 cm. SOLD |
MABEL
P. SEFTON
An Arts & Crafts copper box set with enamel panel of elves.
Original refurbished frame. British 1909.
Signature to base. Exhibited Liverpool Walker Art Gallery
Autumn 1909 No. 2072.
Size:- Width 11.4 cm. Depth 9.4 cm. Height 5 cm. SOLD |
MABEL
P. SEFTON
An Arts & Crafts enamel plaque titled ‘SNOWHITE’.
Original refurbished frame. British 1909.
Exhibited Liverpool Walker Art Gallery Autumn 1909 No. 2010.
Size: Enamel 14.2 cm. x 5.6 cm. Total size with frame: 21.2 cm. x
12.6 cm. SOLD |
THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
A hammered copper box. The lid inset with an atmospheric enamel
of birds flying through woodland trees.
Unmarked. English. Circa 1900.
Size: Dia. of lid 11.5 cm. Dia. of base 5.5 cm. Ht. 7 cm. Lit.: The
Guild of Handicraft, Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths &
Jewellers. SOLD
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JAMES
GRASON
‘THE FISHER GIRL’. An Arts & Crafts enamel, on copper,
depicting a coastal
scene with a fishing boat and an early steamship in background. Original
wood frame. Enamel signed , ‘J. Grayson 1908’. South
Kensington 1909 Exhibition label to reverse.
Size: Enamel width 10.6 cm. Height 18 cm. Size with frame W. 17.8.
Ht. 25. cm. SOLD |
OMAR RAMSDEN (1873-1939)
A silver plated box, inset with an Arts & Crafts, foiled backed
enamel of Viking ships approaching the coast. English. Circa
1900.
Signed to base of box, ‘Omar Ramsden me fecit’. Size:
Width at base 17.7 cm. Depth
14.7 cm. Ht. approx. 5.1 cm. Size of enamel: Length at 11.7 cm. Width
8.8 cm. SOLD
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JOHN
PEARSON
A copper charger decorated to the
centre with a porpoise-like sea creature, surrounded by more comical,
playful sea creatures.
Signed, ‘John Pearson.’ Dated ‘1896’
and numbered ‘2280’.
Size: Diameter 39 cm. SOLD
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MABEL P. SEFTON
A sparkling Arts & Crafts enamel over
coloured foils on copper of rabbits under
a fruit tree.
Original refurbished ebonised frame. British. Circa 1905.
Size: Enamel 12.6 cm. x 5.1 cm. Total size with frame 18 cm. x 10.4
cm.
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EDWARD SPENCER (1872-1938)
for ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
A pair of mixed metal stemmed cups, fashioned from Solomon Island
coconut
bowls, with hammered silver interiors, supported on copper stems with
silver arched
panels and ropework to silver
bases. Each supported on five circular, silver pads.
Marked with Edward Spencer's personal
mark. English. Circa 1913. Size: Height 13.5 cm. |
THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
A circular Arts & Crafts copper box inset with a Fleetwood Charles
Varley enamel of a wooded landscape. Signed ‘Varley’.
Circa 1900. Size: Dia. of box 12.9 cm.
Dia. of lid 13.5 cm. Ht. 5.4 cm. Lit.: The Guild of Handicraft,
Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths & Jewellers.
(Slight enamel repair to edge.) SOLD
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C.
M. PARGETER
‘RED CROSS KNIGHT’. An Arts & Crafts enamel over
coloured foils.
In original copper frame with enamel shields to each corner.
Signed to the enamel, ‘C. M. Pargeter’. British. Circa
1900.
Size: Enamel 15 cm. x 12 cm. Size with frame 22 cm. x 19 cm. SOLD
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HENRY WILSON (1864-1934)
An Arts & Crafts bronze trowel, inset with silver studs. The silver
terminal cast
as the figure of an angel. The inscription to the reverse
reads, ‘Presented to the Countess Beauchamps to commemorate
the laying of the foundation stone of the Whyche Church Malvern October
2nd 1902’. English. Marks ‘HW’.
Size: L. 22.7 cm. W. 11.6 cm. |
JOHN EDWARD WILSON
An Arts & Crafts enamel plaque of clover with original drawing
in ebonised wood Circa 1910. Provenance: Family descent.
Size of clover plaque 4.6 cm. x 6.8 cm. Frame 26 cm. x 29 cm.
(See Buckle Page for Wilson buckles and Archive Miscellaneous Page
for signed plaques.) |
HENRY WILSON (1864-1934)
A copper box with silver decoration. The applied emblematic rondels
depicting various creatures, including a snake, fox and an owl.
English. Circa 1900. Size: Width 12 cm. Depth 9.5 cm. Ht. 11.5 cm.
Handle height 2 cm.
Lit.: Arts & Crafts in Britain & America. Isabelle
Anscombe & Charlotte Gere. 1978 |
JOHN
PEARSON
A copper charger decorated with two birds within a floral border.
Signed ‘John Pearson’. Dated ‘1895’. Size:
Diameter 52 cm.
Lit.: Liberty Style. Mervyn Lacy. 1986. Newlyn Copper. J.
C. Laity.
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HENRY
WILSON (1864-1934)
An Arts & Crafts plated bronze trowel with thistle decoration
and commemorative inscription which reads, ‘Presented
to Hon. James Hozier. M. P. by the Architect and the Contractor s
on the occasion on his laying the memorial stone of Flesmanagow Church
Hall Oct. 4th 1902.’ English. Mark for Henry Wilson. Size Length
25 cm. Width 11 cm. |
JAMES
GRASON
‘THE LADY OF SHALOTT’. An Arts & Crafts enamel on
copper depicting Alfred Lord Tennyson’s romantic poem. In
original wood frame.
The enamel signed,‘J. Grayson 1906’. British. (Enamel
repair to skirt area.)
Size: Enamel Width 10.0 cm. Height 12.3 cm. Size with frame Width
15.2. Height 17.4 cm |
A.
E. JONES (1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts, patinated copper box with applied silver decoration.
English. Circa 1900. Size across
lid 12 cm. x 12 cm. Height 8 cm.
Lit.: Collecting By Design from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection.
Pages 8/9 No. 3. The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Kenneth
Crisp Jones. Similar box page 181. SOLD |
JOHN
PEARSON
A copper charger decorated
with the signs of zodiac.
Signed, ‘John Pearson.’ Dated ‘1897’ and
numbered ‘2340’.
Size: Diameter 41 cm. SOLD |
BRITISH
ARTS & CRAFTS
Arts and Crafts copper casket with chained retaining pins set three
Ruskin plaques to the lid. British. Circa 1900. Size: Width
24 cm. Depth 7.6 cm. Height 9.5 cm.
Lit.: Collecting By Design from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection.
The Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston. Cat. illustration of silver plated copper example.
Pages 18/19 No 5. |
JOHN
EDWARD WILSON
Three small enamel plaques. The honesty plaque monogrammed
‘W’.
C. 1910. Provenance: Family descent. Size of fish plaque
3 cm. x 4.6 cm.
Square plaque 2 cm. x 2 cm . Honesty plaque 3.3 cm. x 4.5 cm.
See Buckle Page for Wilson buckles.
SOLD |
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EDWARD SPENCER
(1872-1938) for ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver plated candlesticks.
Marked with Edward Spencer’s personal mark.
Size: 23.5 cm. Diameter of base 11.7 cm.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.
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JOHN PEARSON
A large, dark brown patinated copper box, with repoussé, dragon-like
creatures to three sides and a large dragon decorating the lid.
The back plain with large hinges.
Signed, ‘J.P.’ Dated ‘1904’. Size: 46.5 cm.
square. SOLD |
