A Pair of Silver, Silver-Gilt and Ivory Tazze

DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER FOR THE ARTIFICERS' GUILD, EXECUTED BY ERIC ROSS, CIRCA 1910

Details

A Pair of Silver, Silver-Gilt and Ivory Tazze
Designed by Edward Spencer for the Artificers' Guild, executed by Eric Ross, circa 1910
Cast bowl and foot on three carved ivory stems, inset with enamel roundel, abalone and semi-precious stones
9.1/8in. (23.3cm.) high; 9in. (24.8cm.) maximum diameter
Each with cast inscription CONTINET HOC IN SE NEMUS ET CASTRUM STRIVELINSE (2)

Provenance

Viscount Horne of Slamannan.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

Cf: The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Arts, London, 1912, p. 107 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

The tazze were part of a gift to Viscount Horne upon his retirement circa 1912 from his fellow Tory party members.
A silver and gem-set ciborium with similar ivory stem by Edward Spencer, with makers marks of the Artificers' Guild, 1913, lent from St. Bride's Church, Glasgow is illustrated in Victorian Church Art, Catalogue No. 34, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1971.
A number of Edward Spencer's designs were illustrated in the Yearbook of 1912. Their 'beauty of form and skilful workmanship' were praised and it was noted that they were readily identifiable by 'Mr Spencer's instinctive feeling for design and sense of fitness' (ibid., p. 6).

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