Lot Essay
This bowl is recorded in Ramsden's workbook as entry 4156 'Fauns and Dryads Bowl, finished Sept. 26, 1931 for Waldo W. Skinner Esq. K.C. of Montreal, Canada'.
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MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1931
Details
THE FAUNS AND DRYADS BOWL
A GEORGE V SILVER PRESENTATION BOWL
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1931
Of circular section with a flaring rim, the body applied with a series of cast fauns and dryads, each supported on a tapering scroll plinth, raised on a pedestal foot with rose motifs, with an engraved presentation inscription, with a hammered finish, marked under foot, the base also engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT MCMXXXI'
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) diameter
65.5 oz. (2,035 gr.)
The inscription reads: 'I WAS WROUGHT BY COMMAND OF WALDO W. SKINNER FOR LOULOU F. SKINNER, HIS WIFE, TO MARK THE FEAST OF NOEL, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD. MCMXXXI'
A GEORGE V SILVER PRESENTATION BOWL
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1931
Of circular section with a flaring rim, the body applied with a series of cast fauns and dryads, each supported on a tapering scroll plinth, raised on a pedestal foot with rose motifs, with an engraved presentation inscription, with a hammered finish, marked under foot, the base also engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT MCMXXXI'
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) diameter
65.5 oz. (2,035 gr.)
The inscription reads: 'I WAS WROUGHT BY COMMAND OF WALDO W. SKINNER FOR LOULOU F. SKINNER, HIS WIFE, TO MARK THE FEAST OF NOEL, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD. MCMXXXI'
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 27 January 1987, lot 15
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. 60
Exhibited
Chicago, Montreal, Nashville, Williamstown, and Toronto, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From The Campbell Collection, no. 38
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.