Metalwork - SILVER & EPNS
MWS 3
A good Arts & Crafts silver caddy spoon by A E Jones Circa 1920's
Length approx 5" to 6". Circa 1920's.
£675.
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MWS 4
A rare set of three silver plated meat covers designed by CR Ashbee & made by the Guild Of Handicraft. Large Height 8 1/4", Width at base 10 3/4" Length at base 13 3/4", Medium Height 7", Width at base 9 3/4", Length at base 11 1/2", Small Height 5", Width at base 7 3/4", Length at base 10 1/2".£POA.
These are unmarked but have been authenticated by The Guild of Handicrafts silver smiths who still make silver in Chipping Camden in traditional ways to this day. www.hartsilversmiths.co.uk
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MWS 5
A fantastic Album/sketch book with a silver plated cover designed by Miss M. Lilian Simpson & made by The Art Union of London. Circa 1896. The design relates to the Growth of Life watched over by Angels & Love the central figure kisses the buds into life. Miss Simpson won a gold medal in a National competition of all the schools of Art under the science & Art department in 1894 & it was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1896. 99% of the pages are still blank & unused. There is another example on display at The Cheltham Art Gallery & Museum & it is also illustrated on page 144 Fig.168 Cat.183 in 'Simplicity or Splendour' by Annette Carruthers & Mary Greenstead, Published by Lund & Humphries.
Height 9 3/4", Width 8" Thickness of the spine 2 1/2". £SOLD.
The Art-Union of London The AUL was established in 1837 on the recommendation of an 1835 House of Commons Select Committee on the Arts & Manufactures in the UK, which had concluded that access to art exhibitions, art education, & even art patronage by the middling & "operative" classes was a pressing economic and cultural imperative if Britain was to secure international cultural & economic dominance. An art union was recommended as one means to achieve this goal.
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The first meeting of the AUL was led by four zealous young social radicals: Edward Edwards, writer & later proponent of public libraries in Britain; Henry Hayward, Edwards' brother-in-law; George Godwin, architect and social reformer; & Lewis Pocock, the only upper-class member of the group. 7 more established but less involved individuals joined at the 2nd meeting: Edward Hawkins, Keeper of Antiquities at the British Museum; Benjamin Bond Cabbell, M.P. & patron of the arts; John Britton, publisher, writer, & friend of Godwin; Henry Thomas Hope, M.P. & member of the 1835 Select Committee; Benjamin Hawes, M.P. & member of the 1835 Select Committee; Henry Atkinson, a geologist; & a Mr. Webb, about whom little is known. By the end of 1837 a formal Committee of Management was in place which included Charles Barry, architect (who served on the committee for two decades); William Ewart M.P., chair of the 1835 Select Committee (two decades); N. W. Ridley Colborne, M.P. & member of the 1835 Select Committee (two years); George J. Morant, witness at the 1835 Select Committee (eight years); & the future duke of Northumberland, Lord Prudhoe (two decades). The AUL was governed from its inception by the passionate young social reformers Edwards, Godwin, Pocock, Hayward & several radical Members of Parliament. Though radical, the long-term core of the management committee was also loyal. Of the original 1837 committee members, 9 were still serving in 1859, & from the 1st 3 years of operation 16 committee members served at least 19 years. The radical members of the AUL recognized the need to acknowledge (& harness) the power of the emerging middle class, but they also recognized the significance of retaining aristocratic patrons. In the first 20 years of the AUL, the organization was presided over by 2 peers—the duke of Cambridge, who served from 1841 to 1847, & Lord Monteagle, who served from 1852 to 1866. Its vice presidents included the marquis of Northampton, Lord Compton, Lord Prudhoe, the bishop of Ely, Lord Londesborough, the earl of Arundel & Surrey, & Lord Monteagle (1844–52). Fifteen Members of Parliament served on the committee between 1837 & 1859. This combination of social reformers & the socially prominent seemed politically & culturally unassailable at a time of political & social uncertainty. The AUL started slowly. In 1837 it raised only £480; by 1842, however, annual subscription revenue stood at almost £13,000—a figure that would remain fairly stable for 20 years. As an incentive for membership, the AUL awarded prize coupons which prizewinners could exchange for a work of art of their choice at one of a number of London art galleries. This system of self-education represented the philosophical core of the AUL. The policy was criticized by the press, by 3 government investigations, & by Prime Minister Robert Peel (on the grounds that it cultivated mediocre taste & the production of mediocre art), but on prize distribution the AUL resolutely & successfully resisted compromise. George Godwin firmly believed in universal access to the fine arts & thus universal agency. He advocated in AUL Reports (which were drafted by him until 1869) that a number of economic, moral, social, & national cultural benefits could accrue from exposing the middle & industrial classes to fine art. He joined a number of witnesses from the 1835 Select Committee in maintaining that a knowledge of the fine arts exerted a civilizing & refining force on Britain's still rough & uneducated masses. Some of Godwin's AUL colleagues shared his extreme reformist views, but to those who had more direct contact with manufacturing his idealism represented a useful solution to more pragmatic concerns. As the 1835 Select Committee suggested, a visually educated workforce could improve British design & enable England to compete more successfully in international manufacturing.

MWS 6
A Christoher Dresser claret jug made by Hukin & Heath. Height 8 1/2", Width 5 1/2". Circa 1880's. £SOLD.
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MWS 7
A William Hutton silver topped green glass claret. Height 12", Width 4". C1900. £POA.
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MWS 8
A top quality Aesthetic Movement silver plated teapot & tray.
Circa 1875. £POA.
Teapot Height 8 1/2", Length including spout 8 1/2".
Tray Height 26 1/2", Width 8 1/2".
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MWS 9
A rare silver plated jewelry box by W A S Benson with original blue lining & early hammer marks. Height 3", Length 11 1/2", Depth 7". 1890's. £POA.
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MWS 11
A Guild of Handicraft silver cup with engraving of a skier to the bowl, ivory turned support & the base engraved with stylised entwined trees. Measurements Height 8 1/2", Width of bowl 6 1/4", Width of base 3 3/4". 1907. £POA.
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MWS 12
A stunning Guild of Handicraft Muffin dish designed by CR Ashbee. Height 5", Width 9 1/4". £SOLD.
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MWS 14
A fantastic Silver Plated Tea & Coffee set by Richard Hunt Measurements :- Tray Width 20", Height 1 1/4", Teapot Width Handle to Spout 9 1/2", Height 5 1/2", Spirit kettle Width at base 6", Height 11", Coffee Pot Handle to Spout Width 10", Height 8 1/2", Milk Jug Handle to Spout Width 4", Height 4", Sugar Pot Handle to Handle Width 6", Height 4" . Circa 1850. £1195.
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MWS 15
Designed by Harold Sargison, made by Sargison's, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1920 - 1940 A boxed set of 6 hand made & hand hammered silver spoons with 6 different coloured semi-precious cabochons 'entwined wire set' on twisted stems in the style of C.R.Ashbee but made by . Height 4 1/2". Circa 1905. £POA.
Harold Sargison of Hobart designed and crafted hand-wrought silver spoons in the Arts and Crafts style from about 1920, when he acquired a jewellery business at 31 Murray Street, until his retirement in 1980, at the age of 95. An identical spoon to this set was presented to the Museum in 2002, the collection was assembled in the 1980s by Dr G W Kenneth Cavill, an Emeritus Professor of the University of New South Wales. In his retirement, Professor Cavill has researched and published the histories of notable Australian silverware manufacturers of the first part of the 20th century.
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MWS 17
A wonderful Arts & Crafts silver chalice made by George Dimmer of superior quality & a heavy gage silver, the top rim has a strengthening ring inside the lip. Height 5", Width 4 1/2". Circa 1908. £750.
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MWS 19
A wonderful Art Nouveau silver vase with stylised floral handles by Elkington & Co. London Assay mark for 1909. Height 8", Width across the arms 4". £POA.
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MWS 20
An Arts and Crafts electro-plated & enamelled cigar box, hammered overall, the cover applied with a cut-out ‘Cigars’ with enamels in blue-green, stamped ‘Cambray Ware’. See Christie’s sale ‘Arts & Crafts with Liberty & Co’ 30th June 2005, lot 107 for a copper & enamel box stamped Cambray Ware. Also see ‘Collecting by Design: Silver & Metalwork of the Twentieth Century from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection’ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2008, p. 18-19, no. 8.
Height 3" 7.5cm, Length 10 1/2" 26.5cm. £POA.
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MWS 21
A good silver plated jug designed by George Unite with scroll handle with original ratten & nice scroll top lid on flaring base. Height 9" tall & 3 1/4" across the base. Circa 1890. £SOLD.
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MWS 22
An A E Jones silver oil lamp & lighting stick with inscription running round that reads 'THERE IS NO HERB LIKE IT UNDER THE CANOPY OF HEAVEN'. Birmingham 1907. Height 4", Length 5", Depth 2 1/2".£SOLD.
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MWS 23
A very rare WAS Benson solid silver teapot with assay marks for London 1903 1903. Height 6", Width 5". £1295.
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MWS 24
A Silver Plated hot water jug by WAS Benson. Height 8", Width from handle to spout 6". Circa 1900. £245.

MWS 25
Silver plated hot water jug by WAS Benson (Stamped on Handle). Height 11". Circa 1905. Priced at £345.
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MWS 26
A fantastic silver plated casket by W.H.Hawson for the Keswick School of Industrial Art with Celtic interlacing. Circa 1912. Height 3", Length 5 1/2", Depth 3 1/2". £POA.
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MWS 27
A hammered silver Arts & Crafts 3 handled bon bon dish by William Hutton. Circa 1908. Height 4 1/2", Width 6" (not including the handles). £795.
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MWS 28
A continental silver bon bon dish with green glass jewells & stylised rose details. Circa 1900. Height 1 1/2", Width 5 1/2", Depth 5 1/2". £SOLD.
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MWS 29
A silver plated hot water jug with ebony angular handle & removable swinging lid that automatically opens when one pours water from it, in the manner of Dr Christopher Dresser. Circa 1880. Height 6 3/4". Priced at £POA
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MWS 30
A sweet little Arts & Crafts silver plated sugar/preserve bowl by Ruben & Birkett. Width 6" Height 3 1/2". £295.
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MWS 31
A silver plated sweetmeat dish attributed to Dr Christopher Dresser made by Ruben & Birkett numbered 2700. priced at £495.
A pair of English Pewter Candlesticks by Liberty & Co Height 8 1/2" base 3 1/2". sold.
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