Lot 300
300
A GEORGE V SILVER-PLATED FACTORY-FORM DESK SET
On occasion, Christie’s has a direct financial int… Read more AFTERNOON SESSION 3:00 PM ENGLISH SILVER (Lots 300-408) PROPERTY FROM THE FORBES COLLECTION
A GEORGE V SILVER-PLATED FACTORY-FORM DESK SET

CIRCA 1912

Details
A GEORGE V SILVER-PLATED FACTORY-FORM DESK SET
Circa 1912
Formed as a scale model of James Upton Printers, the shingled roofs detaching to reveal wood lined compartments, with engraved presentation plaque, set on rectangular wood base, apparently unmarked
The base 24in. (61cm.) long
Provenance
Badger & Jackal, 1981
The FORBES Magazine Collection
Exhibited
The Morality of Immortality, The Forbes Collection
Engraved
PRESENTED TO JAMES BASKERVILLE UPTON BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE BASKERVILLE PRINTING WORKS ON THE OCCASION OF HIS COMING OF AGE FEBRUARY 10TH 1912
Special notice
On occasion, Christie’s has a direct financial interest in lots consigned for sale. This interest may include guaranteeing a minimum price to the consignor which is secured solely by consigned property. This is such a lot.

Lot Essay

James Upton established a print works bearing his name in 1852 in Birmingham, on Cambridge Street. Also known as the Baskerville Works, the firm specialized in the production of theatrical posters. This model of the Cambridge Street factory was presented to James Baskerville Upton, the grandson of the founder of the firm, who remained with the firm until his death in 1947.

More from Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art

View All
View All