OMAR RAMSDEN: an Arts and Crafts silver centrepiece / bowl London 1934 / 1935 Shaped-oblong form with central projections featuring the arms of Baron Hyndley of Meads, Sussex, at each end a mermaid on rope support, with a removable flower grille, the body with applied insignia for a Knight Bachelor, a Baronet, a knighthood of the Order of the Crown of Italy and the 1935 jubilee medal for George V, length 44.5cm, weight 87.2oz. Footnotes: This lot was commissioned by Lord Hyndley as a gift for his daughter Millicent Joyce Hyndley (1914-1992) on her 21st birthday. It can be compared to a rose bowl, also by Omar Ramsden, commissioned by Lord Hyndley for his other daughter, Elizabeth, and sold in these rooms on 22nd July 2011. 1st Viscount John Scott Hyndley GBE (1883-1963) was a British businessman and industrialist. During the First World War he was a member of the Coal Controllers Export Advisory Committee and provided valuable assistance in the supply of coal to Italy. After the war he was awarded a knighthood of the Order of the Crown of Italy in gratitude. Hyndley was director of the Bank of England between 1931 and 1945 and became the first chairman of the National Coal Board upon its creation on 1st January 1947. Knighted in 1921, he was created a Baronet in 1927 and Baron in 1931, then Viscount in 1947. In 1953, he was master of the Clothworkers' Company. Provenance: Sold in these rooms 14th February 2018, lot 58 Previously property of 1st Viscount John Scott Hyndley GBE then by family descent. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing