15th Jun, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
20th Century Design
132
Archibald Knox (1864-1933) for Liberty & Co. London: A Pair of Cymric Silver and Enamel Vases, model no. 500/74, stamped CYMRIC 500/74, maker's mark L & Co, Birmingham 1903,
13cm diameter of base, 12.5cm high
Literature:
Liberty Silver Sketch Book, Westminster City Archives, n.d., no. 244 (for a related design)
Liberty’s 1875-1975, An Exhibition to Mark the Firm’s Centenary, exhibition catalogue, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1975, page 61, no. D97B
The Liberty Style, exhibition catalogue, Japan Art & Culture Association, Tokyo, 1999, page 104, no. 142
Adrian J. Tilbrook, The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co, London, 2000, page 143, Fig. No. 129.
Stephen A. Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 2001, page 183
Similar pair sold Sotheby's New York: Tuesday, 19 May, 2015, Lot 00110, The Warshawsky Collection: Masterworks of Tiffany and Prewar Design.
Dealers scratch marks to the undersides.
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Auction: 20th Century Design, 15th Jun, 2024
On offer in the June 20th Century Design Sale will be the Michael Claxton Collection, an extraordinary collection of over 350 pieces of British pottery put together between 1974 and 2024, the majority of which were purchased directly from the potters. Potters represented in the collection include David Leach, Richard Batterham, David Roberts, Philip Marston, and Jim Malone.
The sale will also include a good private collection of furniture by Stanley Webb Davies, a fine large Lancastrian Lustre Vase by Gordon Forsyth for Pilkington's Tile & Pottery Co, and a good range of Mouseman and the Yorkshire Critters furniture and furnishings.
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