MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1938

Details

THE BONIFAS VASE
A GEORGE VI SILVER VASE
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1938
Of tapering oblong section with canted corners and two applied scroll handles, supported on a tapering foot with engraved line motifs, with a hammered finish, marked under base, the base further engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT', and scratched '2274'
9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) high
82.5 oz. (2,560 gr.)

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. 68

Exhibited

Chicago, Montreal, Nashville, Williamstown, and Toronto, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From The Campbell Collection, no. 46

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

This vase is recorded in Ramsden's workbook as entry number 2274, corresponding to the number scratched under the foot. That example is shown without handles although Ramsden would happily have accommodated a request from a customer to make a change to the original design, as confirmed by Leslie Durbin, quoted by Eric Turner, (see op. cit, page 68).

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