ALEXANDER FISHER (1864-1936)
A silver buckle, set enamels depicting scenes from Tristan & Isolde,
The silver setting depicting stylized griffins set opal cabochons.
Signed ‘Alex Fisher’ with ‘AF’ monogram and
dated ‘1896’. Size 19.5 x 11 cm.
Lit.: Alexander Fisher: Pioneer of Arts & Crafts Enamelling.
Steven Pudney. Sold |
ALEXANDER FISHER (1864-1936)
An enamel on copper depicting Joan of Arc.
The enamel in an the original ebonised wooden frame.
Signed ‘Alex Fisher’ and dated ‘1910’. Sold |
KATE EADIE
An Arts & Crafts enamel of a seated lady.
British. Circa 1902. Diameter of enamel 8.5 cm. and with frame 13
cm.
The design for this plaque was entered in the National Competition,
1902,
and is illustrated in the catalogue. Sold |
LIBERTY & CO. TUDRIC
A large pewter cigar box.
The lid inset
an enamel of blossom trees with a figure in the foreground.
The sides with a frieze of Celtic entrelac designs.
Circa 1900. Marked ‘TUDRIC 0241’. Size: Length 31 cm.
W. 16 cm. Ht. 7 cm. Sold |
JAMES FREDERIC SHIELDS (Attrib.)
An Arts & Crafts copper photograph frame set with enamel plaques
of trees.
British. Circa 1900.
Size: Height 24.cm. Width 18.5 cm.( Minor faults to enamel) Sold
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JOHN PEARSON SOLD
A copper planter decorated with various flowering plants.
Signed and dated 1900. Size: Height 10 cm. Diameter 13.5
cm. Sold
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CHARLES FLEETWOOD VARLEY (Attributed)
An Arts & Crafts Copper box inset an enamel of a mermaid.
English. Circa. 1900. Sold |
BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS
‘WINGED CUPID & TURTLE DOVES’.
An Arts & Crafts enamel on copper depicting cupid with
a pair of turtle doves nestled in a tree.
Original wood frame.
British. Circa 1900.
Size: Enamel 20 cm. x 10cm. Size with frame 26. 75 cm. x 16. 5 cm.
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THE
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907)
A circular Arts & Crafts copper box inset with a Fleetwood Charles
Varley
enamel of a wooded landscape.
Signed ‘Varley’. Circa 1900. Size: Box dia. 12.9 cm.
Dia. of lid 13.5 cm. Ht. 5.4 cm. Lit.: The Guild of Handicraft,
Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths & Jewellers. (Slight
enamel repair to edge.) Sold |
C. M. PARGETER
‘RED CROSS KNIGHT’. An Arts & Crafts enamel over coloured
foils.
In original copper frame with enamel shields to each corner.
Signed to the enamel, ‘C. M. Pargeter’. British. Circa
1900.
Size: Enamel 15 cm. x 12 cm. Size with frame 22 cm. x 19 cm. Sold |
A. E. JONES (1879-1954)
An Arts & Crafts, dark patinated copper box with applied silver
decoration.
English .
Circa 1900. Size: Width 12 cm.
Lit.: The Silversmiths of Birmingham. Editor Kenneth Crisp
Jones.
Illustration of similar box page 181. Sold |
C.
R. ASHBEE (1863-1942) for THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd.
A silver plated, spot hammered, muffin dish with hot water jacket.
The finial to lid set mother-of-pearl.
English. Circa 1900. Size: Dia.
24.3 cm. Ht. 13 cm.
Lit.: Arts and Crafts at Campden.
The Guild Of Handicraft Ltd. Sold |
BRITISH
ARTS & CRAFTS. KATE EADIE (Attributed)
‘DANTE'S DREAM.’An
enamel interpretation of Gabriel Rossetti's painting.
The painting is on permanent
display at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
It shows Dante being led by Love to the
death-bed of Beatrice Portinari, the object of
his unrequited passion. British. Circa 1900. Size: 11.75 cm. x 8 cm.
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JAMES DIXON & SONS
A pair of silver plated, square based candlesticks, with rivet detail.
(See hallmarked silver pair on Silver page 1) English. Circa 1900.
M arked ‘J D & S’
and ‘EP’. Size: Height 22 cm. Base 10 cm. x 10 cm. Sold |
JOHN PEARSON
An Arts & Crafts copper deed box.
The lid hammered in relief with a vase of flowers flanked by a pair
of dogs.
Signed ‘J. P.’ Dated ‘1906’.
Size: Width 20 cm. Depth 16 cm. Height 10 cm. Sold |
MYRTLE BROOM
An Arts & Crafts enamel depicting a Red Cross Knight in a small
boat,
battling against a torrential river.
Original frame.
English. Circa 1910. Sold |
JAMES
FREDERIC SHIELDS (Attrib.)
An Arts & Crafts enamel of a Viking ship on a stormy sea.
In original frame. Signed
with monogram.
British. Circa 1900. Size: Enamel: Width 10.4 cm. Height 9.1 cm.
Total size with frame: Width 20 cm. Height 19 cm. Sold |
JOHN PEARSON
‘Tyger! Tyger! burning bright’
A copper charger depicting three tigers with lines from William Blake’s
The Tyger :- ‘Did he smile his work
to see?
The Tyger :
-‘Did he who made the lamb make thee?’
Signed, ‘John Pearson’.
Dated ‘1896’. Size: Diameter 39 cm. Sold |
BIRMINGHAM
GUILD OF HANDICRAFT (Founded in 1890)
A rare, Arts & Crafts, hammered copper biscuit barrel with a silver
lid.
The cop per
applied with three silver panels resting on curved feet.
Size: Diameter of lid 12.3 cm. Height 12 cm. The lid marked
‘BGH Ltd’and with
hallmarks for
B’ham 1900. The panels also with hallmarks for B’ham 1900.
Sold |
An Arts & Crafts enamel of
a fairy dancing on the seashore.
English. Circa 1910. Original ebonised frame.
Size of enamel 13 cm. x 13.5 cm. Frame 20 cm. x 19 cm.
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OMAR RAMSDEN (1873-1939)
A silver plated box, inset with an Arts & Crafts, foiled backed
enamel depicting
a shepherd with his sheepdog rounding up his flock. English.
Circa 1900.
Marked to base of box, ‘Omar Ramsden me fecit’. Size:
Length at base 13.4 cm.
Width 10.1 cm. Ht. approx. 6.1 cm. Size of enamel: Length at 9.9 cm.
Width 7 cm. Sold |
STANLEY THOROGOOD
A Symbolist enamel depicting two figures in a landscape.
A separate panel enamelled with a quotation from Endymion:
Book 2, John Keats,
‘Each tender maiden whom he once thought fair passed like a
dream before him’
Signed to the re verse and dated
1900. Sold |
BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS
A silver plated cabinet box, inset with enamels depicting iris blooms.
The doors open with a key to reveal a cedar lined interior.
English. Circa 1900. Marked to
rear of one enamel panel with a leaf sign.
Size: Width 15.5 cm. Depth 6.3 cm. Height 9.5 cm. Sold |
BRITISH
ARTS & CRAFTS
An enamelled plaque on copper of a peacock amongst blossoming branches.
Original wood frame. British. Circa 1900.
Size: Enamel Height 8 cm. Width 8 cm. Size with frame Ht. 13 cm. Width
13 cm. Sold |
JOHN
PEARSON
A copper charger decorated
with the signs of zodiac.
Signed, ‘John Pearson.’ Dated ‘1897’ and numbered
‘2340’.
Size: Diameter 41 cm. Sold |
JAMES FREDERIC SHIELDS (Attrib.)
An Arts & & Crafts copper desk tidy, with applied wirework
decoration, inset with an enamel plaque of a seahorse and fish.
With copper loop, to enable it to be hung on the
wall, to display the enamel. Signed with monogram. British. Circa
1900.
Size: L. 20 cm. W. 11.2 cm. Ht. 3.4 cm. Enamel size: L. 9.6 cm. W.
5.2 cm. Sold |
JOHN PEARSON
An oak Arts & Crafts hanging bookshelf with two copper side panels.
One panel decorated with an apple tree, the other a pear tree, each
before a rising sun.
English. Circa 1900.
Unmarked. Size: Width 51.4 cm. Height 34.5 cm. Sold |
JOHN PEARSON
A large copper planter decorated with four ships of varying designs.
Signed ‘John Pearson’. Dated ‘1894’ and numbered
2095.
Size: Height 27 cm. Largest diameter 30 cm. Base 21. cm. Top 22 cm.
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