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GEOFFREY BLACKWELL, COLLECTOR
Geoffrey Blackwell O.B.E. (1884-1943) was a discerning collector and considerable patron. After being educated at Harrow he joined the family firm of Crosse & Blackwell becoming chairman of the company before the second world war. His diverse interests included watercolours, in particular those by Philip Wilson Steer. His main interest however was in Georgian furniture and it was his friend R.W. Symonds who steered him towards the well mannered classicism of the Georgian era. By 1936 the Blackwell collection was of sufficient importance for Symonds to devote two Apollo articles to his furniture and his clocks (vol. xxxiii, 1936).
His clocks, though small in number by comparison to the furniture, were chosen as much for their case-work as their movements. They included a Queen Anne silver-mounted ebony bracket clock by Francis Robinson and a bracket clock by Henry Massey in a Boulle case possibly by Gerrit Jensen. Tompion No. 212 was the jewel of his collection chosen for its well proportioned case and handsome dial lay-out.
Ten lots of furniture from the Blackwell collection were sold in these rooms, 9 July 1992, lots 137-146
Geoffrey Blackwell O.B.E. (1884-1943) was a discerning collector and considerable patron. After being educated at Harrow he joined the family firm of Crosse & Blackwell becoming chairman of the company before the second world war. His diverse interests included watercolours, in particular those by Philip Wilson Steer. His main interest however was in Georgian furniture and it was his friend R.W. Symonds who steered him towards the well mannered classicism of the Georgian era. By 1936 the Blackwell collection was of sufficient importance for Symonds to devote two Apollo articles to his furniture and his clocks (vol. xxxiii, 1936).
His clocks, though small in number by comparison to the furniture, were chosen as much for their case-work as their movements. They included a Queen Anne silver-mounted ebony bracket clock by Francis Robinson and a bracket clock by Henry Massey in a Boulle case possibly by Gerrit Jensen. Tompion No. 212 was the jewel of his collection chosen for its well proportioned case and handsome dial lay-out.
Ten lots of furniture from the Blackwell collection were sold in these rooms, 9 July 1992, lots 137-146