A rare Guild of Handicraft pewter ceiling rose designed by Charles Robert Ashbee for the Magpie and

A rare Guild of Handicraft pewter ceiling rose designed by Charles Robert Ashbee for the Magpie and Stump, circular, stamped with Tudor rose flower head, and another, possibly a pendulum shade modelled as a flower head the design attributed to Charles Robert Ashbee, unsigned, 31cm. diam. (2)

Provenance

Magpie and Stump, 37 Cheyne Walk Chelsea

Private collection.

Literature

Alan Crawford, C. R. Ashbee, Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist, Yale, page 303 figure 150 for a drawing of the light fittings in the Dining room, 37 Cheyne Walk, page 301 figure 149 for a comparable floriform shade.