Arts and Crafts - 17th June 2015
Lot 331
A fine silver mounted cloisonne enamel panel by Harold Stabler
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
A fine silver mounted cloisonne enamel panel by Harold Stabler, dated 1915, the rectangular panel depicting a faun training a rabbit, holding up a laurel sprig, in colours on a vivid blue ground, inside silver frame with hanging loop, signed HS in the enamel, the reverse signed Harold Stabler London 1915 9.5 x 9cm.
Literature
Annette Carruthers and Mary Greensted Simplicity or Splendour The Cheltenham Museum collection, figure 87 catalogue number 156 for a comparable framed enamel by Harold Stabler.
Catalogue Notes
Harold and Phoebe Stabler were often assisted by a Japanese enamel worker referred to as S Kato.
Provenance
The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society -11th Exhibition (1916), Royal Academy Burlington House, number 194 a case of enamels (listed A-P)
K - Faun and Rabbit, £4.4s
The date and title of this enamel suggests this could be the same example.