| 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
Herrick’s 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 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 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 of 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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