Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 26th October 2016
Lot 1021
By Omar Ramsden
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £5800
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Description
By Omar Ramsden, an Arts and Crafts silver-gilt tazza,
London 1928, also engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT',
circular tapering form, spot-hammered decoration, the border with ball motifs, on a raised circular stem with hanging bunches of grapes, on a raised castellated circular foot, inscribed ' A.D 1928 OMAR RAMSDEN WROUGHT ME AS A TOKEN OF THE ESTEEM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL INDUSTRIES CLUB FOR THE RT. HONBLE. BARON HAYTER OF CHISELHURST, FOR NEARLY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY THEIR HONOURED PRESIDENT', on a wooden base with a silver tapering part marked holder, total height on plinth diameter 31.5cm, height 25cm, approx. weight 72oz.