4th Mar, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
20th Century Design
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Omar Ramsden (1873-1939) & Alwyn Carr (1872-1940): An Arts & Crafts Silver and Enamel Cigarette Box, London 1906, the cover with a panel pierced and engraved with a line of three sailing ships, on a green and red enamel ground, inscribed THE WESTERN WIND BLEW STEADILY AND GAILY FLEW THE SHIPS FOR SIR WALTER BORE TO THE OLD HOMELAND A GIFT FROM A FAIR AND FAR OFF STRAND A GOLDEN GIFT THE PRECIOUS WEED OF OUR LADY NICOTINE, the sides with further ships and a landscape and inscribed HOW SIR WALTER RALEIGH SAILED TO GOVERN THE QUEENS NEW COLONY OF VIGINIA, the corner columns finishing in the stylised feet, the interior cedar lined, hallmarked marker's mark, London 1906, inscribed to underside of base OMAR RAMSDEN ET ALWYN C.E.CARR ME FECERVNT, 15cm wide, 10cm deep, 7cm high (loaded)
Sold for £4,500
Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000
The smallest galleon has a sail bent upwards at the tip. Just above there is a star crack/hairline in the red enamel. The area of red enamel above the largest galleon has cracks/hairlines. There are pin holes in the red enamel. Hairlines/cracks in the green enamel. See further images on-line. The lid is not flush. Wear is consistent with age and use.
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Auction: 20th Century Design, 4th Mar, 2023
A rare stained glass window of St Margaret of Antioch by Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts luminary Sir Edward Burne-Jones leads the Spring 20th Century Design Sale with an estimate of £15,000-20,000 plus buyer’s premium. A further gem of the Arts and Crafts era on offer in the sale is a Silver and Enamel Cigarette Box by Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr (estimate: £4,000-6,000). Omar Ramsden was one of the most acclaimed and successful silversmiths of the early 20th century and a key influence on both silversmithing and the Arts and Crafts movement.
The sale will also offer a bumper selection of fine and early pieces by Yorkshire Arts and Crafts furniture maker Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson from three good private collections; Marco-Pierre White's Rudloe Arms Hotel, Denton Hall near Ilkley and the Tanfield Collection. Also on offer in the sale is an unusual and playful Private Collection of Automata dating from 1970 to 2000.
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