MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1921, THE ENAMEL ATTRIBUTED TO JEANNE ETÈVE

Details

A GEORGE V SILVER AND ENAMEL JEWEL CASKET
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1921, THE ENAMEL ATTRIBUTED TO JEANNE ETÈVE
Of oblong form supported on four openwork buttress motif feet, the side chased with an inscription, the cover applied with three enamelled plaques, the central one depicting Cupid visiting a maiden who rests in a pergola, within an Italian landscape, the smaller panels depicting landscapes, the interior fitted with velvet, marked on back and on cover, the base engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT'
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) long
53 oz. (1,660 gr.) gross.
The inscription reads: 'I WAS WROUGHT BY COMMAND OF GEORGE POULTON FOR LOUISA HIS WIFE AS A SMALL TOKEN OF HIS LOVE IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1922'

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. 35

Exhibited

Chicago, Montreal, Nashville, Williamstown, and Toronto, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From The Campbell Collection, no. 16

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

Recorded in Ramsden's workbooks as 'Jewel Casket, Order 782', this casket was produced for G. W. Poulton of Kettering and finished on 24 April 1922. While Eric Turner suggests, op. cit, that the enamel may be the work of Henri de Koningh, similarities between the enamel on the present lot and that on the Four Seasons or Mother Earth Casket of the same year (lot 47) and the Stella Maris plaque of 1922 (lot 48), would seem to suggest that the enamel on each lot is by the same hand. Further research into the Ramsden's workbooks credits the enamel on both lot 47 and 48 to Jeanne Etève.

More from OMAR RAMSDEN:SILVER FROM DAVID & VIVIAN CAMPBELL COLLECTION

View All