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Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Silver & Plated Ware
Welcome to our first specialist Silver & Plated Ware sale of 2015, which includes over 600 lots featuring Georgian, Victorian and modern silverware.
For those with an interest in the Arts & Crafts movement we have several notable lots on offer including Lot 120 (Front cover): A late Victorian Arts & Crafts small shallow silver bowl by Gilbert Marks.Gilbert Leigh Marks (1861-1905) was one of the first silversmiths to consciously reject industrial manufacture in favour of making by hand. He is best known for the quality of his form and line, and his ability to harmonise the two with beautiful floral motifs as exemplified in Lot 120.
A further example of beautiful craftsmanship is Lot 194; this 1960?s silver four piece tea or coffee service designed by A.G Styles for Garrard has an unusual angular tri-form design. A.G Styles, or Alex Styles as his was known was born in 1922; winning a Higher Exhibition to the Central School of Arts & Crafts, Styles went onto design for Garrard up until his retirement in 1987. Another artist who was heavily influenced by the Arts & Craft movement was Albert Edward Jones, whose work can be seen in several of our lots, including: Lot 112, Lot 417 and 471.
Other highlights include Lot 37 ? A George III silver hot water pot by Paul Storr. This piece is quintessential of Storr?s Neoclassical style. Also in our holloware section we have Lot 28: A pair of George III provincial silver tureens, hallmarked John Hampson & John Prince, York 1781. Appointed as one of the seven provincial assay towns in England, the York office experienced a serious decline in the local silver trade which caused the office to close in 1716. After being closed for almost sixty yearsthe office reopened in 1776; a couple of years prior to when Lot 28 was made. Often York sterling is mistaken for London made because of the frequent non-use of the town mark.
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