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EDWARD SPENCER (1872-1938) for ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
A rare pair of Arts & Crafts, silver and glass decanters. One decanter stopper
with a vine leaf finial and golden vine leaf motifs for wine, the other with a shell finial and golden shell motifs for water. The heavy glass with random bubble decoration.
English. Circa 1905. Unmarked. Size: Height 28 cm.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.
The Studio 1913. Volume 58 pages 21- 24.

GILBERT LEIGH MARKS (1861-1905)
A silver dish, repoussé decorated in high relief with exotic leaves and flowers.

Signed, ‘Gilbert Marks 1900’. Size: Length 44 cm.
Marked ‘G M’. Hallmarks for London 1900.
Lit.: Simplicity or Splendor. Cheltenham Museum catalogue 1999.

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 diameter 5.2 cm.
Lit.: Omar Ramsden exhibition catalogue, Birmingham Museum, 1993.

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 for 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
OMAR RAMSDEN (1873-1939)
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver plated candlesticks on hexagonal bases with rope work borders. The circular drip pans with six supports and grapevine detail with
four cabochon garnets to the central knops.
Size: Height 20.2 cm. Base across 12.7 cm. Unmarked. Circa 1920.
Lit.: Omar Ramsden exhibition catalogue, Birmingham Museum, 1993.
JOHNSON WAKER & TOLHURST
A silver mounted glass tankard set with four enamel roundels to the lid and four enamel roundels to the centre band.
Size: Height 25.5 cm. Base diameter 11cm. Lid diameter 9.5 cm.
Marked for Johnson Walker & Tolhurst, 172, New Bond Street.
Hallmarks for London 1901.
BIRMINGHAM GUILD OF HANDICRAFTS Ltd. (Established 1895)
A pair of silver dishes with original green glass liners.
Size: Diameter 14cm.
Maker's marks. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1904.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones.
BIRMINGHAM GUILD OF HANDICRAFTS Ltd. (Established 1895)
A silver box with entwined ‘Celtic frieze’.
Size: L.14 cm. W.9 cm. Ht. 7 cm.
Engraved with a presentation inscription of historical interest ‘Robert Catterson Smith from William Kenrick. Nov. 1914’. Marked for B'ham Guild of Handicraft. Hallmarks
for B’ham 1902. Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones.

A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
A hammered sugar caster with applied loop handles and inset with two opposing
Ruskin plaques.
Maker’s mark and hallmarks for Birmingham 1906.
Size: Height 12.2 cm. Diameter of base 6.3 cm.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones. SOLD

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. SOLD
A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts hammered silver box. The lid decorated with
an abbreviated quotation from Robert Herricks 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
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

A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts hammered silver salt and pepper.

Size: Height 8 cm. Diameter of base 2.9 cm
Mark for George Lawrence Connell. Hallmarks for B’ham. 1914.

HAROLD STABLER (1872-1945) for ADIE BROTHERS
An Art Deco silver candelabrum & pair of candlesticks designed by Harold Stabler.
Each hallmarked for Birmingham 1934.
The candlesticks signed ‘Harold Stabler’and marked for Adie Brothers. The candelabrum with unidentified mark.
Size: Approx. ht. of candlesticks 10.6 cm. Base dia. 10.6 cm. Approx ht. of candelabrum 29.5 cm. Base dia. 13.5 cm.

FREDERICK SMYTHE GREENWOOD
An Arts & Crafts silver rose bowl, with a wirework frog decorated with a floral
finial
, stylistically similar to Ramsden & Carr. Size: Diameter at rim 14 cm.
Diameter at middle 20 cm. Height 9 cm. Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for London 1912.
Greenwood only made items c.1910-12 joining A.Watts as Greenwood Watts 1914-34.

A. E. JONES (1879- 1954)
A pair of hammered sliver pepperettes perched on three feet.
Maker’s mark and hallmarks for Birmingham 1915.
Size: Approximate height 6 cm. Diameter at rim 4 cm.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones.

SIBYL DUNLOP (1889-1968)
An Arts & Crafts hammered silver napkin ring set with three
moonstones of
varying sizes.

Size: Diameter 4.7 cm. Height 3.1 cm.
Marks for Sibyl Dunlop. Hallmarks for London 1963.

EDWARD SPENCER (1872-1938) for ARTIFICER’S 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
A JUGENDSTIL SILVER TEA CADDY. German. Circa 1900.
Silver wit
h gilded interior.
Size: Length 13 cm. Width 10 cm. Height 10.5 cm.
Marked with German 800 silver marks and Austrian import mark. Also Stamped A P.
Lit.: SILVER. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse. Illustration page 75. An identical tea caddy is illustrated in an advertisement for Connell printed in The Studio, September 1904.
HENRY GEORGE MURPHY (1884-1939)
A rare set of silver pearl mounted cocktail sticks in the original fitted case.
Marked for H. G. Murphy and with the Falcon mark. Hallmarks London 1930.
Size: Length 7.7 cm. Lit.: The Jewellery and Silver of H. G. Murphy. Paul Atterbury
and John Benjamin. This set is illustrated on page 107.
EDWARD SPENCER (1872-1938) for ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
A silver three piece tea set with ivory handles and ivory final to tea pot.
Marked  with Edward Spencer’s personal mark and for the Artificers’ Guild.
Hallmarks  for London 1934. Size: Height of teapot 12 cm. Base diameter 13 cm.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.
HAROLD STABLER (1872-1945) for ADIE BROTHERS
A set of three Art Deco silver Candelabra designed by Harold Stabler.

Hallmarked for Birmingham 1936.
The three branch candelabra marked for Adie Brothers.
The five  branch candelabrum marked ‘WHM’.
Size: Height 30 cm.
Width of three branch candelabra 20.5 cm. SOLD
HENRY WILSON (1864-1934)
A copper box with silver decoration. The applied emblematic rondels depicting creatures, including a snake, fox and an owl.
English. Circa 1900. Size: Width 12 cm. Ht. 11.5 cm. Depth 9.5 cm. Lit.: Arts & Crafts in Britain & America. Isabelle Anscombe & Charlotte Gere. The Jewellery and Silver of H. G. Murphy. Atterbury and Benjamin.
A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver inkwell with a domed, hinged lid above a tapering body with six studs to a base with six ball feet.
New interior glass liner.
Size: Base diameter 15 cm. Height 9 cm. Maker's mark. Hallmarks for B’ham 1911.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones.
A. E. JONES (1879-1954) An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver, four piece tea set.

Marked for A. E. Jones. Hallmarks for B’ham 1904/1905.
Hot water jug marked for G. L. Connell. Hallmarks for B’ham 1910. Size of teapot across handle 25 cm. Ht. 13.5 cm. Ht. of jug 17 cm. Illus. page 183. The Silversmiths of Birmingham.

A. E. JONES (1879-1954) RUSKIN POTTERY (1898-1935)
A silver, Arts & Crafts, centrepiece bowl. The cylindrical foot set with four Ruskin ceramic plaques.
The base supported on an ebonised wooden stand.
Maker’s marks. Hallmarks for B’ham 1903.
Size: Bowl ht. 10.2 cm. Dia. top 15.2 cm. Stand ht. 7.5 cm. Dia. 19 cm. SOLD

ELKINGTON & Co.
An impressive, heavy silver, Art Nouveau tea and coffee set with kettle and stand,
decorated with stylised flowers and wavy bands. The stand with burner.
Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for B’ham 1901. Kettle B’ham 1903. Size: Total height of kettle on stand 40 cm. Dia. of base 14 cm. Height of teapot 16 cm. Dia. of base 12.7 cm.

A. E. JONES (1879- 1954)
An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver gravy or sauceboat.

Mark for A. E . Jones. Hallmarks for B’ham 1924. Size: Length 17 cm. Height 10 cm.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Kenneth Crisp Jones.
A pair also available marked for A. E. Jones and dated B’ham 1924.
OMAR RAMSDEN (1873-1939)

A pair of Arts & Crafts hammered silver dishes on four ball feet. Mark for Omar Ramsden and Omar Ramsden Me Fecit. London 1934. Size: Across handles 11 cm. Across dish 7.6 cm. Ht. to handle 5 cm. W. 4.6 cm. Original fitted case.

ELKINGTON & Co.
An Art Nouveau, silver, four piece tea set decorated with bands of stylized
flowers and foliage.
Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for B’ham 1903.
Ht. of teapot 15 .5 cm. Dia. of base 11.3 cm. Ht. of waterpot 19 cm. Dia. of base 9 cm .
Ht. of sugar 10.5 cm. Dia. of base 9 cm. Ht. of cream jug 10.5 cm. Dia. of base 6.5 cm.

HOLLAND, ALDWINCKLE and SLATER. Attributed to LATINO MOVIO.
A silver bowl decorated with apple blossom and fruits.

Size : Diameter at centre 19 cm. Height 12.5 cm. Mark for Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater. Hallmarks for London 1902. Latino Movio executed silver in a style similar to that of
Gilbert Marks. Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.

CARL T. HAAGENSEN. Rønne. Denmark. (Flourished 1893-1937)
A set of Skonvirke silver spoons, the terminals formed as an owl.
Danish assay marks for 1910. Assay master's mark for C. F. Heise.
Size: Length 11.8 cm. Width of spoon 2.5 cm. Original fitted retailer's case.
The silk marked, ‘CARL T. HAAGENSEN. JUVELER & GULDSMED. RØNNE ’.
ARTIFICERS’ GUILD attributed to EDWARD SPENCER (1872-1938)
An Arts & Crafts, hatpin or pin cushion. The silver ring frame mounted with eagles, also with symbols of eternity, snakes swallowing their own tail, and with florets.

The borders with applied wirework. Original wooden base.
Mark for Artificers’ Guild and London 1928. Size: Dia. 12.8 cm. Ht. of ring 3.5 cm.
A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
A pair of Arts & Crafts hammered silver sugar casters.
Size: Height 11.5 cm. Diameter of base 4.2 cm.
Marked for Payne & Son. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1913.
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.
A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
A large
Arts & Crafts, hammered silver centrepiece, decorated with floral rondels and with leaf decorations to the six points of the hexagonal base.
Size: Approx. Diameter of bowl 23 cm. Across base 15 cm. Height 24.5 cm.
Maker's mark and hallmarks for Birmingham 1929.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones.
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 diameter 6 cm. Spoons 7 cm. long. Peppers, Ht. 10.5 cm.
base diameter 4.5 cm. Mustard, base diameter 5cm. Ht. 11 cm. Spoon 8.7 cm. long.
Marks:- Salts, Artificer's Guild & Edward Spencer, London 1928. Spoon, Artificer's Guild, London 1928. Peppers, Artificer's Guild. Mustard, Artificer's Guild, London 1927. SOLD
OLIVER BAKER (1856-1939)
An organic Arts & Crafts silver on copper bowl decorated with Connemara marble.
S ize: Diameter of  bowl at rim 16 cm. Largest centre diameter 26 cm.
Hei ght of copper bowl 14.6 cm. Total height 16 cm. Unmarked.
English. Circa 1898. Lit.: The Designs of Archibald Knox. A. J. Tilbrook. SOLD
BIRMINGHAM GUILD OF HANDICRAFTS Ltd. (Established 1895)
A pair o
f 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
WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS Ltd.
An Arts & Crafts silver container balanced on three feet alternately set with three
cabochon amethysts. Can be
used as a wine coaster.
Size:  Internal d diameter 8 cm. External 8.4 cm. Across feet approx. 8.9 cm. Height 4.3 cm. Maker's  mark.  Hallmarks for London 1902.

ARTIFICERS’ GUILD (1901-1942)
A set of twelve Arts & Crafts teaspoons with circular terminals depicting Viking ships in full sail. Size: Length 11.8 cm.
Marked for Artificers' Guild Ltd. Hallmarks for London 1912.
The original fitted case marked to the silk,THE ARTIFICERS' GUILD Ltd.
4 CONDUIT STREET LONDON W ’.

GEORG ADAM SCHEIDT
A small Art Nouveau silver box.
Size: 5 cm. x 5 cm. Height 1.5 cm
Marked for Georg Adam Scheidt. Austrian silver mark. Circa 1900.

A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
A very unusual, A. E. Jones, Aesthetic Movement hammered silver centrepiece, decorated with a frog, a lizard and a lily pad amongst the swirling water of a pond.
Size: Approx. largest diameter 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

KATE HARRIS for HUTTON & SONS
A silver Arts & Crafts jewellery box with organic, leaf form decorations to corners and lid. The interior velvet lined.
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.
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.

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