| 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.
Marks for retailer Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Ltd. Hallmarks
for London 1900.
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KATE HARRIS HUTTON & SONS
An imposing silver Art Nouveau centrepiece.
Size: Width
across handles 48 cm. Height at handles 30 cm.
Retailer's marks for R. H. Halford & Sons. London
1902.
One other on display in Brighton Museum, 20th Century Art &
Design Gallery, to illustrate ‘The History of Modern Design’.
SOLD
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| OMAR
RAMSDEN (1873-1939) & ALWYN CARR (1872-1940)
|
A rare Arts &
Crafts four piece silver tea set with sugar tongs set with green turquoise
cabochon stones.
Size: Heightt of teapot 15 cm. Diameter 13 cm.
Mark for Ramsden & Carr & “Omar Ramsden et Alwyn Carr
me fecerunt” London 1909. Sugar tongs London 1912. 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.
Design plate 14 in C. R. Ashbee’s, Modern English Silverwork.
Essex House Press. |
| BERNARD
CUZNER
An important silver Arts & Crafts betrothal casket decorated
with repoussé patterns. 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. |
A. E. JONES. (1879-1954)
A pair of Arts & Crafts, hammered silver candlesticks depicting
bats amidst
a motto adapted from Hamlet, ‘NOW IS THE WITCHING HOUR OF
NIGHT’.
Size: Height 13 cm. Base diameter 10 cm. Maker's mark and hallmarks
for B’ham 1914.
Lit.: Simplicity or Splendor. Cheltenham Museum catalogue,
Fig. 59, Cat.112. SOLD |
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.
|
GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS
Co.
A large Art Nouveau, silver two handled centrepiece bowl, decorated
with lilies.
Size: Width across handles. Diameter. Height
Maker’s marks and hallmarks London 1909. |
| 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: Ht. 27 cm. Dia. 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. |
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 |
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. 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 of 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.
|
HUTTON & SONS.
BERNARD MORE (Attrib.)
An Arts & Crafts silver mounted ceramic bowl. The handles decorated
with floral motifs. The bowl attributed to BERNARD MORE. Silver
mark for Hutton & Sons.
Hallmarks for London 1901. Size: Across handles
15 cm. Ht. 8 cm. Bowl dia. 8.5 cm.
Base dia. 6.5 cm. Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver.
Annelies Krekel-Aalberse. |
WILLIAM
HUTTON & SONS
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver square based candlesticks with
rivet detail.
Size: Ht. 17.5 cm. Base 8 cm. x 8 cm. Maker's mark. Registration
mark 475895.
Hallmarks for Sheffield 1912. Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco
Silver.
Annelies Krekel-Aalberse. Thames & Hudson.1989. Illus. plate 19,
page 47. |
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
|
LIBERTY & Co.
Design attributed to BERNARD CUZNER
A pair of ornate silver serving spoons with engraved foliate scrolls.
Size Length 21.1 cm.
Mark or Liberty & Co. Hallmarks for Birmingham
1911.
|
W.
H. HASELER for LIBERTY & Co.
Design attributed to ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933).
A silver bowl on four spade feet. The rim set four turquoise stones.
Size: Diameter of bowl 17.8 cm. and base 10.5 cm. Height 11 cm.
Marked ‘W.H.H.’ Hallmarks for London
1905. |
LIBERTY & Co.
A large, Arts & Crafts, lightly hammered silver cigar box, set
with an enamel
by Fleetwood Charles Varley, of a woodland glade, beside a stream.
Size: Length 22 cm. Width 11.5 cm. Height 6.5 cm. Interior with wood
lining.
Mark for Liberty & Co. Hallmarks for B'ham 1910. Enamel signed
‘VARLEY’. SOLD |
ELKINGTON &
Co. Design by JAMES DIXON & SONS.
A pair of silver, Arts & Crafts, square based candlesticks,
with scale decoration
and rivet detail. Size: Height 22 cm. Base 10 cm. x 10 cm.
Mark for Elkington & Co. Hallmarks for Sheffield 1904. SOLD |
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT
Ltd. (1888-1907)
An, Arts & Crafts, circular silver box inset with an enamel of
the setting sun
Size: Height 8.7 cm. Diameter of lid 11.5 cm. Diameter at
base 6.5 cm.
Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1904. SOLD
Lit.: The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths
& Jewellers. |
CHARLES ROBERT ASHBEE
(1863-1942)
A slightly hammered silver butter dish. The handle set with a green
agate.
Marked with C. R. Ashbee’s personal mark ‘C.R.A.’.
Hallmarks for London 1900.
Total length over handle 19.7 cm. Dia. of bowl 11.2 cm. Illus. Page
7, The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths
& Jewellers. SOLD |
THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
A pair of silver peppers each set with five green chalcedony stones.
Size: H. 5.5 cm. Dia. of base 3.7 cm. Marked ‘G of
H Ltd.’ Hallmarks for London 1901.
Lit.: Utopian Craftsmen. Lionel Lambourne. London 1980.
SOLD |
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 |
C. R. ASHBEE (1863-1942)
THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd.
A silver butter dish. The handle set with green chalcedony.
Total length over handle 18 cm. Dia. of bowl 10.5 cm. (Replaced
glass liner)
Marked ‘G of H Ltd.’. Hallmarks London 1902. Illus. Page
7, The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd., Workers in Applied
Art Silversmiths & Jewellers. By Appoint. to H.M.The Queen. |
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. |
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. |
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
|
KATE HARRIS for
HUTTON & SONS
An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver, ten piece cruet.
Four salts, ( two 1903, one 1904, one 1906). Four peppers,
(three 1906, one 1903).
One mustard (1906) and spoon (1904). All with original green
glass liners.
Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for London 1903/1904/1906. SOLD |
KATE HARRIS for HUTTON
& SONS
A silver centrepiece with a central panel of a youth picking fruit.
Size: Length 50 cm. Width 22 cm. Height 13 cm. (Replaced green glass
liner).
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for London 1900.
Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver
Society Journal. |
JAMES DIXON & SONS
A pair of silver Arts & Crafts square based candlesticks, with
rivet detail.
Size: Height 22 cm. Marked for J. Dixon & Sons.
Hallmarks for Sheffield 1907.
A pair marked with retailer's mark for
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths. Hallmarks for London 1905.
Another pair marked for J. Dixon & Sons. Hallmarks
for Sheffield 1903/1904. |
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
A rare pair of Arts & Crafts
silver napkin rings depicting a seated maiden
arranging flowers in a container. Approx. size: Length
5.3 cm. across. Width 3.9 cm.
Maker’s mark. Retailer's mark for Mappin & Webb.
Hallmarks for London 1901.
See ‘Buckles
& Buttons Page’
for buckle of the same design. SOLD |
| 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. Hand
brush 1903. Clothes brush 1904. |
KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
An Art Nouveau silver tray depicting two maidens with swirling
hair.
Size: Length 28.3 cm. Width 20.5 cm.
Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for London 1903.
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.
|
KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
A silver Art Nouveau hand mirror.
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1911.
Size: Length 31. cm. Diameter16.3 cm.
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.(Replaced
green glass liner)
Mark for Hutton & Sons. Hallmarks for London 1899. |
| KATE
HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
A set of Art Nouveau silver teaspoons, the terminals formed as a
maiden holding
a bowl, standing beneath blossoming branches. Marks for
Hutton & Sons.
Hallmarks for 1902 and 1903. Size: Length 12.4 cm. Original fitted
case. The silk marked, ‘1 FEN COURT. L. Mumford. Fenchurch
St. LONDON’.
|
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. |
HAROLD E. LANDON (1883-1962)
A large, unique Silver Rose Bowl,
set amethysts
and moonstones. Size: Diameter 22 cm. Height 24 cm.
Hallmarks for Chester 1928. Dated to base of bowl 1919-1920. The bowl
was on display
in Landon’s shop until his retirement when he made the cover,
(Hallmarks for 1949). He
then presented the bowl and cover to his new wife, who had a fondness
for roses. SOLD |
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. |
