MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN CHARLES ELLISON CARR, LONDON, 1900

Details

A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER VASE
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN CHARLES ELLISON CARR, LONDON, 1900
Of elongated slightly baluster form, the spreading foot chased with lilium bulbs and roots, the body decorated with blossoms below the flaring rim, with a hammered finish, marked near rim, the base engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN C. E. CARR MADE ME 1901'
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high
17.5 oz. (540 gr.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Phillips London, 27 October 1987, lot 201

Literature

Eric Turner and Lynn Springer Roberts, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From the Campbell Collection, David A. Hanks & Associates, New York, 1992, p. 18

Exhibited

Chicago, Montreal, Nashville, Williamstown, and Toronto, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From The Campbell Collection, no. 1

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This vase, along with two similar pomegranate decorated examples, illustrated in Peter Cannon-Brookes, Omar Ramsden 1873-1939 Centenary Exhibition of Silver, ex. cat. no. 2 and no. 3., show the influence of the French Art Nouveau movement on the silver produced during the early years of Ramsden and Carr's partnership.

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