20th Century Design - 14th October 2009

Lot 1235

A Guild of Handicrafts silver plated metal chalice and cover designed by Charles Robert Ashbee

Estimate £2,500 - £3,500

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Description

A Guild of Handicrafts silver plated metal chalice and cover designed by Charles Robert Ashbee, the domed base set with a band of red stones, a similar stone set in the wirework finial unmarked 29cm. high Literature Charles Robert Ashbee Modern English Silverwork, plate 1 for a comparable vase and cover of more elaborate form. Alan Crawford, C.R.Ashbee, Yale, page 324 for a comparable covered cup illustrated in a contemporary photograph of the Arts and Crafts exhibition, 1896.