MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1925

Details

A GEORGE V SILVER AND IVORY CRUET STAND
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON, 1925
Of oval boat shape with a crenellated border, supported on four fluted stylised paw feet, with supports for two differing casters with detachable covers and two mustard pots, each with a conforming spoon and a green glass liner, with a central overhead part ivory handle, fully marked, the side engraved 'Omar Ramsden me Fecit'
10 in. (25.4 cm.) long
42 oz. (1,302 gr.) gross, excluding glass liners

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. 46

Exhibited

Chicago, Montreal, Nashville, Williamstown, and Toronto, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From The Campbell Collection, no. 24

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

Recorded in Ramsden's workbooks this cruet, listed as 'Boat Cruet, number 1797' was another commission for G. W. Poulton, the owner of a Kettering shoe making firm. Poulton also commissioned Ramsden to produce a jewel casket and a gold cigarette case, see lot 34 and 46.

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