| KATE HARRIS for
HUTTON & SONS
An exceptional Art Nouveau silver timepiece.The clock face
depicting a
Celestial Angel whose breath moves The Hands of Time. The arched
case with florets and tendrils, raised on four naturalistic supports
with projecting base and further flowerheads. Original
French lever timepiece.
Size: Height 21cm. Width 16 cm.
Mark for retailer Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Ltd. Hallmarks for
London 1900.
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KATE HARRIS
An Art Nouveau silver centrepiece supported on four curved feet. Mark
for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Ltd.
Hallmarks for London 1900. Size: Width across handles 39.4 cm. Length
of bowl 29 cm. Width of bowl 16.6 cm. Height 12.4 cm. |
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KATE HARRIS
An Art Nouveau silver coffee set decorated with
whiplash design.
Mark for Goldsmiths &
Silversmiths Ltd. Hallmarks for London 1901. Jug 1902.
Size: Ht. of coffee pot 17 cm. Base dia. 9.3 cm. of
lid 5.7 cm.
Ht. of sugar bowl 6.5 cm. Base dia.
8.8 cm. Ht. of jug 7 cm. Base dia. 6.5 cm.
Lit.: A Marriage of Art and
Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver Society Journal. SOLD
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C. R. ASHBEE (1863-1942)
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An
important, Arts & Crafts, silver tazza modelled as a figure of
a youth standing
on a domed base holding up a silver frame inset with a green glass
bowl.
Size: Height 32.3 cm. Diameter of bowl 22.8 cm. Diameter
of base 14. cm.
Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1906.
Lit.: The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths
& Jewellers.
By Appointment to H. M. The Queen.
Design plate 14 in C. R. Ashbee’s, Modern English Silverwork.
Essex House Press. |
| BERNARD
CUZNER (1877-1956)
An important unique silver Arts & Crafts betrothal casket repoussé
decorated with floral and patterned panels. Size: Length
25.5 cm. Width 11 cm. Height 11 cm.
Maker’s mark for Bernard Cuzner. Hallmarks for Birmingham
1918.
Illustrated Page 212, Fig. 208. The Silversmiths of
Birmingham. Kenneth C. Jones. |
LIBERTY & Co.
Design attributed to BERNARD CUZNER
(1877-1956)
An Arts & Crafts silver hammered,
chased and repoussé decorated bowl.
Maker’s mark for Liberty
& Co. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1914.
Size: Diameter 17 cm. Approximate height 2.6 cm.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Kenneth C.
Jones. |
Studio
of HENRY WILSON (1864-1934)
An exceptional, large, Arts & Crafts silver frame, set with
lapis stones to the doors and in tree-like settings. The frame is
surmounted by a a silver figure, the personification of Charity
as a woman with two children, with the word ‘CARITAS’
beneath. Size: Ht. 43 cm. Width of base, including feet,
33 cm. Depth 21 cm. Circa 1900.
Lit.: Pre-Raphaelite to Arts & Crafts Jewellery. Charlotte
Gere & Geoffrey C. Munn 1996. Arts & Crafts in Britain
& America. Isabelle Anscombe & Charlotte Gere. 1978.
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WILLIAM HUTTON &
SONS Ltd.
An Arts & Crafts coaster balanced on three feet alternately set
with three
cabochon amethysts.
Size: Internal diameter 8 cm. External 8.4 cm. Across feet approx.
8.9 cm. Height 4.3 cm. Maker's mark. Hallmarks for London 1902. |
| 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. |
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.
A variant design illustrated in Modern English Silverwork,
C. R. Ashbee, 1909, plate 26. |
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT
Ltd. (1888-1907)
‘THE ENTICEMENT OF HYLAS’. A silver hand mirror
inset with a carved
wooden plaque depicting Hylas and the Naiads. The handle decorated
with
flowering water plants. Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’
Hallmarks for London 1904.
Size: Length 31.5 cm. Width 13.8 cm. Size of plaque Length 17.8 cm.
Width 12.6 cm. |
| 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. Design plate 24.
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C. R. ASHBEE (1863-1942)
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An Arts & Crafts silver plated muffin dish with a chrysoprase
set finial to lid.
Size: Diameter 23.5 cm. Height 12cm. Marked ‘G of H
Ltd.’ Circa 1900.
Lit.: The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd.,Workers in Applied
Art Silversmiths & Jewellery.
Identical example Cheltenham Museum. Simplicity or Splendor
catalogue, fig. 52 cat. 38. |
ARTIFICERS’
GUILD (1901-1942)
An Arts & Crafts shagreen case with silver mounts.
Size: Width 7 cm. Length 19.5 cm.
Mark for Artificers’ Guild. Hallmarks for London 1922.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse. |
C. R. ASHBEE (1863-1942)
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
An Arts
& Crafts planished silver drinking glass tray. The entwined handle
enclosing a sphere. The base with six impressions, chased with rosettes
and
leaves, raised upon four ball feet. Marked ‘G of H
Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1901.
Size: L. 23 cm. Width 18 cm. Ht. 17 cm. Exhibited ‘Guild's Centenary
Exhibition 2002.’ |
SIBYL DUNLOP (1889-1968)
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver serviette rings each with three
tourmalines in floral settings.
Size: Diameter 4.8 cm. Height 3 cm.
Marked for Sibyl Dunlop. Hallmarks for London 1963. SOLD
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WILLIAM HUTTON &
SONS
A large Arts & Crafts silver clock. The hands set abalone.
Size: Height 18.5 cm. Width 17 cm.
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for London 1903.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.
SOLD |
JOHN PAUL COOPER (1869-1933)
A shagreen box with silver mounts. Marked with JPC monogram.
Size: Length 15.3 cm. Width 8.4 cm. Height 5.6 cm. English. Circa
1918.
Lit.: John Paul Cooper. N. Natasha Kuzmanović. |
HUTTON & SONS
for GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS
A set of Arts
& Crafts silver teaspoons with enamelled terminals.
Marked for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths. Hallmarks for London 1902.
Size: Length 11.3 cm. (New, blue leather,
fitted case)
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.
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JAMES
FENTON
A pair of Arts & Crafts, hammered silver, candlesticks with
applied enamel and rivet
decoration.
Maker’s Marks. Hallmarks
for B’ham 1906.
Size: Height 14.6 cm. Diameter of base 8.8 cm.
SOLD |
ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933)
for LIBERTY & Co.
A Cymric, silver clock with an enamelled dial.
Size: Height 10.5 cm. Width at base 9.5 cm.
Mark for Liberty & Co. and ‘Cymric’. Hallmarks for
Birmingham 1906.
Lit.: Archibald Knox. Edited by Stephen A. Martin. Pub. Academy
Editions. SOLD |
ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933)
for LIBERTY & Co.
A rare silver bowl decorated
with entrelac designs balanced on two feet and handle. Size:
Diameter of bowl 15.8 cm. Height 4.6 cm.
Marked ‘L & Co. 2125 ’ and ‘Cymric’.
Hallmarks for Birmingham 1903.
Lit.: Archibald Knox. Edited by Stephen A. Martin. Pub. Academy
Editions. SOLD |
BERNARD CUZNER
(1877-1956)
A set of early Bernard Cuzner, Arts &
Crafts, silver teaspoons.
Marked ‘B.C.’.
Hallmarks for Birmingham 1902.
Size: Length 10.8 cm. (New, blue leather, fitted case)
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones. |
LIBERTY & Co.
Design attributed to BERNARD CUZNER
(1877-1956)
A pair of ornate silver serving spoons with engraved foliate scrolls.
Size Length 21.1 cm.
Mark for Liberty & Co. Hallmarks for Birmingham
1911.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham.
Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones. SOLD
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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 |
KATE HARRIS (attributed)
for HUTTON & SONS
A silver Arts & Crafts
box with organic, leaf form decorations to corners and lid.
Size: Length 13 cm. Width 10 cm. Height 6.5 cm.
Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for London 1904.
Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver
Society Journal. |
SIBYL DUNLOP (1889-1968)
A set of six Arts & Crafts silver serviette rings each with three
semi-precious stones in a floral surround.
Size: Diameter 4.8 cm. Height 3.2 cm.
Marked for Sibyl Dunlop. Hallmarks for London 1960-1961 (five
1960 one 1961).
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EDWARD SPENCER
(1872-1938) for ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver plated candlesticks.
Size: 23.5 cm. Diameter of base 11.7 cm.
Marked with Edward Spencer’s personal mark. English. Circa
1910.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.
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CHARLES
ROBERT ASHBEE (1863-1942)
A early C. R. Ashbee silver bowl, pierced with a design of fruiting
branches.
Size: Diameter 19.8 cm. Height 6.3 cm. Marked ‘C.
R. A.’ for Charles Robert Ashbee. Hallmarks for London 1896.
Lit.: A similar design, with flowers instead of fruit, illustrated
plate 97, in Modern English Silverwork. Essex House Press
1909. C. R. Ashbee. |
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.
A similar design illus. 97. |
CHARLES ROBERT ASHBEE
(1863-1942)
An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver circular entrée dish.
The lid surmounted by
a final of figures with mother-of
pearl. Size: Approximate height 10 cm. Dia. 17.8 cm.
Marked ‘C. R. A.’ for Charles Robert Ashbee. Hallmarks
for London 1899.
Lit.: Modern English Silverwork. Essex House Press 1909.
C. R. Ashbee. |
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. (Restoration to
corner of enamel.)
Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1902. Enamel
signed ‘Varley’.
Lit.: The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths
& Jewellers. |
THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
A rare silver bowl, pierced with a design
of owls and eagles amongst trees.
Size: Diameter 20.3cm. Height 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. |
KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
An Art Nouveau five piece cruet set with two matching salt spoons
and matching mustard spoon. Two salts, marked for G. L.
Connell. Hallmarks for London 1903.
Two peppers and a mustard marked for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks
for London 1903.
Two salt spoons and mustard spoon marked for Hutton & Sons,
London 1901. SOLD |
KATE HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
An Art Nouveau silver centrepiece with a central
panel of a youth picking fruit. Size: L.
50 cm. W. 22 cm. Ht. 13 cm.
Maker's mark. Hallmarks London 1900. An identical centrepiece
is illustrated in a Connell advert. printed in The Studio Sept 1904.
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JAMES DIXON & SONS
A pair of silver Arts & Crafts square based candlesticks, with
rivet detail.
Size: Height 22 cm. Marks for J. Dixon & Sons. Hallmarks for
Sheffield 1903/1904 SOLD
Also another pair of these candlesticks available with retailer's
mark for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths. Hallmarks for London 1905.
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KATE HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
An Art Nouveau, silver, three piece dressing table set depicting
a maiden with lilies, consisting
of a hand mirror, brush & clothes brush. A version of the
‘Puritan Maid’ design.
Size: Mirror. Height 28 cm. Width 20 cm. Hand
brush 24.5 cm. x 9 cm.
Maker’s mark. Mirror hallmarks for London 1900.
Brush 1903. Clothes brush 1904.
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| KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
A silver Art
Nouveau circular bowl with cut out whiplash design.
Mark for Hutton & Sons.
Hallmarks for London 1903. (Replaced green glass liner)
Size: Diameter 15 cm. Across handles 20.2 cm. Height 7.5 cm.
Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver
Society Journal. |
| KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
An Art Nouveau silver posy vase. The rim cast with two maidens
with outstretched arms intertwined with blossoms.
Size: Height with glass liner 21
cm. without 19.5 cm. Diameter of base 9.5 cm.
Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for London 1905.
Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver
Society Journal.
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KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
A silver Art Nouveau hand mirror.
Size: Length 31 cm. Diameter 16.3 cm.
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1911.
Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver
Society Journal. |
| KATE HARRIS for
HUTTON & SONS
A rare, silver, circular, Art Nouveau, lidded bowl with cut out
design.
The hinged lids each decorated with a maiden amongst blossom.
Size: Diameter 15 cm. Across handles 19.7 cm. Height 8 cm.
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for London 1899. (Replaced
green glass liner) |
KATE
HARRIS for WILLIAM GEORGE CONNELL
A set of Art Nouveau silver teaspoons, the terminals formed as a maiden
holding
a bowl, standing beneath blossoming
branches. Mark for Hutton & Sons.
Size: Length 12.4 cm. Hallmarks for London 1902 and 1903. Original
fitted case.
The silk marked, ‘1 FEN COURT. L. Mumford. Fenchurch St. LONDON’.
SOLD |
KATE HARRIS for
HUTTON & SONS
A silver cigar box. The lid set with an Art Nouveau plaque of ‘The
Three Graces’.
Size, at base: Length 22 cm. Width 15 cm. Height 8.5 cm. The interior
with a wood lining.
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for London 1903.
Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver
Society Journal. |
HENRY WILSON (1864-1934)
See also Enamels/Metal page for Henry
Wilson items.
An important, rare, silver cross with a central enamelled plaque of
The Lamb.
The stem applied with part twisted wirework and a open leaf motif
knop.
Set with moonstones and various other stones.
Mark for Henry Wilson. Hallmarks for London 1908. Size: Height 36.5
cm. Width 20 cm.
The work of Henry Wilson is distinguished by his remarkable use
of symbolism, which was
a reflection of his widely diverse interests in architecture, the
arts, literature and religion.
Lit.: Pre-Raphaelite to Arts & Crafts Jewellery.Charlotte
Gere & Geoffrey C.Munn 1996.
Arts & Crafts in Britain & America. Isabelle Anscombe
& Charlotte Gere. 1978. |
