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MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN CHARLES ELLISON CARR, LONDON, 1907, THE GLASS POSSIBLY BY THE WHITEFRIARS GLASSWORKS
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AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF EDWARD VII SILVER-MOUNTED GARNET-SET GLASS CLARET JUGS
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN CHARLES ELLISON CARR, LONDON, 1907, THE GLASS POSSIBLY BY THE WHITEFRIARS GLASSWORKS
Each ovoid glass body with applied rose and Celtic knotted briar motif mounts, the hinged covers with a spatulate thumbpiece and set with a garnet, the conforming foot with eight applied scroll motif buttresses, with a hammered finish, fully marked, the base of one engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ET ALWYN CARR NOS FERERUNT'
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2)
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN CHARLES ELLISON CARR, LONDON, 1907, THE GLASS POSSIBLY BY THE WHITEFRIARS GLASSWORKS
Each ovoid glass body with applied rose and Celtic knotted briar motif mounts, the hinged covers with a spatulate thumbpiece and set with a garnet, the conforming foot with eight applied scroll motif buttresses, with a hammered finish, fully marked, the base of one engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ET ALWYN CARR NOS FERERUNT'
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Apparently part of a service commissioned from Ramsden and Carr between 1906 and 1922 by Martin de German-Ribon, O.B.E.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Monaco, 4 December 1989, lot 927
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Monaco, 4 December 1989, lot 927
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. 22-23
Exhibited
Chicago, Montreal, Nashville, Williamstown, and Toronto, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From The Campbell Collection, no. 4
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.