| 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 , the other
with a shell finial and golden shell motifs. 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.
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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.
English. Circa 1900. Size: Height 20.5 cm. Width 15.4 cm.
Depth 1.5 cm. |
| DAVID & GEORGE
EDWARD |
A pair of Scottish
Art Nouveau silver candelabra.
Marks for David & George Edward.
Hallmarks for Glasgow 1903.
Size: Width across one candelabra 33.5 cm. Height 27.7 cm. Diameter
of base 13.6 cm. |
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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 ‘GM’. Hallmarks for London 1900.
Lit.: Simplicity or Splendor. Cheltenham Museum catalogue
1999. |
OMAR
RAMSDEN (1873-1939)
A pair of silver salts.
Size: Height to top of ‘handles’ 10 cm, to top of rim
5.5 cm. Base rim to rim 7 cm.
Width ‘handle’ to ‘handle’ 10 cm. Signed ‘Omar
Ramsden me fecit.’
Mark for Omar Ramsden. Hallmarks for London 1938. |
| 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 candelabra marked ‘WHM’.
Size: Height 30 cm. Width of two
branch candelabra 20.5 cm. |
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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 rom 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. |
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 Bi'ham 1904.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones. |
A. E. JONES. (1879-1954)
RUSKIN POTTERY (1898-1935)
A silver mounted Ruskin ceramic bowl with blue/green semi-matt glaze.
Size: Diameter of bowl at rim 16.6 cm. and base 10.3 cm.
Height 12.5 cm.
Mark for A. E. Jones. Hallmarks for B’ham 1928. Ceramic marked
‘Ruskin England’.
Lit.: Ruskin Pottery. Paul Atterbury & John Henson. Illustration
page 92. SOLD |
ARTIFICERS’
GUILD (1901-1942)
An Arts & Crafts shagreen case with silver mounts.
Size: Width 7 cm. Length 19.5 cm.
Marked for Artificers’ Guild. Hallmarks for London 1922.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse. |
A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
Arts & Crafts hammered
silver salt and pepper.
Size: Height 8 cm. Diameter of base 2.9 cm
Marks for George Lawrence Connell. Hallmarks for B’ham. 1914.
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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
mesh insert for flower arrangement.
Size: Ht. 14 cm. Diameter 16.5 cm. With rose wire Ht. 14.2 cm. Dia.
17.2 cm.
Mark for A. E. Jones. Hallmarks for B’ham 1906.
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A. E. JONES
(1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts hammered silver tea caddy set with six Ruskin
ceramic plaques.
Size: Height 10.5 cm . Diameter of lid 7.4 cm. Diameter
at base 5.9 cm.
Maker’s marks and hallmarks for B’ham 1905.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones. SOLD |
HAWKSWORTH
EYRE
A pair of Arts & Crafts silver candlesticks.
Size: Height 19 cm. Base 9 cm. x 9 cm.
Marks for Hawksworth Eyre. Hallmarks for Sheffield 1908. SOLD |
WILKINS
& SÖHONE. Hemelingen.
A Jugendstil silver chalice set with four lapis stones and
an enamelled medical symbol of the Caduceus. The inscription reads,
‘BIBITE CUM LAETITIA’,
(Drink with joy). German. Circa 1900. Maker’s mark. Marked ‘B.
Hemelingen. 800’. and with German standard marks. Size: Ht.
22 cm. Dia. of base 12.5 cm. Dia. at rim 13 cm.
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A
JUGENDSTIL SILVER TEA CADDY. German. Circa 1900.
Silver with 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 advert. 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 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 |
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. Ht. 11.5 cm. plus handle ht.
2 cm. Depth 9.5 cm.
Lit.: Arts & Crafts in Britain & America. Isabelle
Anscombe & Charlotte Gere. 1978 |
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.
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EDWARD SPENCER
(1872-1938) for ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
A pair of ART DECO hammered silver vases.
Marked with Edward Spencer's personal mark and for the Artificers’
Guild.
Hallmarks for London 1937. Size: Height 23.8. Across base 11.6. Across
rim 11 cm.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.
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A. E. JONES (1879-
1954)
An Arts & Crafts, hammered silver gravy or sauceboat.
Marks 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. |
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.
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| 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.
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| 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 height 10.2 cm. Diameter top 15.2 cm. Stand height 7.5
cm. Diameter 19 cm.
|
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. |
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. |
A. E. JONES
(1879-1954)
A silver centrepiece bowl, chased with roses and trailing leaves,
on four supports
modelled as the stems of roses entwined with ivy tendrils, on a
turned wood stand.
Size: Height 23.8 cm. Diameter 24 cm. Maker’s mark. Hallmarks
for B’ham 1910.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones. |
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. |
A.
E. JONES (1879- 1954)
A sliver tea caddy with three integral flaring feet. The hammered
caddy with
applied floral motifs. Maker's mark and hallmarks
for Birmingham 1906.
Size: Height 12.5 cm. Diameter 7 cm. Diameter at base 8 cm.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones.
SOLD |
OLIVER BAKER (1856-1939)
for LIBERTY & Co.
An Arts & Crafts, silver bowl with horizontal hammering. The
rim set with 16 alternating light & dark connemara marble cabochon
stones.
Size: Diameter of bowl at rim 16.7 cm. Largest centre diameter
19.9 cm. Height 11.7 cm.
Mark for Liberty & Co. and ‘CYMRIC’. Hallmarks for
Birmingham 1904. SOLD |
WILLIAM
COMYNS
A set of Art Nouveau silver teaspoons and sugar tongs.
Size: Approx. spoon length 11.2 cm. Tongs approx.
11.5 cm. Marks for William Comyns. Hallmarks for London 1900. Original
fitted case. The silk marked, ‘Carrington & Co.
To H. M. The Queen and The Prince & Princess of Wales. 130.
Regent Street. W.’ |
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.
Marks 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 silver salts and matching spoons.
Size: Dia. of bowl 7 cm. Dia. across handles 8 cm. Ht. 2.8 cm. Ht.
at handle 3.8 cm.
Maker’s marks. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1907. One spoon 1906.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones. SOLD |
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. |
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.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham.
Editor Kenneth Crisp Jones.
Illustration of similar box page 181. |
MURRLE
BENNETT & Co. (1886-1914)
A small, Jugendstil, silver box inset with a
cabochon chrysoprase stone.
The interior gilded and inscribed with the initials ‘EMS’.
Anglo/German 1903. Size: Width 4.9 cm.
Depth 3.5 cm. Height 1.7 cm.
Marks for Murrle Bennett & Co. Import marks for London 1903. |
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. |
A.
E. JONES (1879-1954) A hammered silver preserve pot and matching spoon.
The canister with silver floral and wirework decorations. Maker’s
mark. Hallmarks
on canister and spoon B’ham 1911. Size: Approx. Ht. 12.5 cm.
Dia. of base 8.2 cm.
Spoon length 13.7 cm. (Replaced glass liner.) Lit.: Collecting
By Design from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection. The Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston. Cat. illus. Page 8/9. SOLD |
GEORG
ADAM SCHEIDT
A Jugendstil silver & ivory paper knife.
Austrian. Circa 1900. Marked ‘G.A.S.’and with an Austrian
silver mark.
Size: Length 25 cm. (Fitted case)
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 ’. |
WILKENS.
An Art Nouveau silver bowl with pierced design of lily of the valley
flowers.
(Gilded interior. Original glass liner) German. Circa 1900. Size:
Ht. 7.5 cm. Dia. 19.6 cm. Marks for Wilkins and ‘800’
also with German standard marks.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse.
SOLD |
S. JACOBSON
A small, Skonvirke, gilded silver tray set with coral stones.
Danish. Circa 1920.
Marked ‘SJ and 830S’. S. JACOBSON
crafted silver designed by EVALD NIELSEN (1879-1958)
Size: Length 11.4 cm. Width 7.4 cm. Lit.: Danish Jewellery.
Jacob Thage. |
| BRUCKMANN
& SOHNE
A large Jugendstil silver mirror with a silver plated, over
wood, easel back.
German. Circa 1900.
Marks for Bruckman & Sohne and ‘800’ also with German
silver marks and retailers mark.
Size: Height 40cm. Width 24.5 cm.
Lit.: Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver. Annelies
Krekel-Aalberse. Silver. Annelies Krekel-Aalberse. Arnoldsche. |
A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts hammered silver muffin dish. The interior with
a movable silver
lid to cover the section for hot water.
Maker's mark. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1935.
Size: Approx. Diameter across
at centre 18cm. Height 15cm.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth
Crisp Jones. |