Arts and Crafts - 19th June 2019
Lot 323
A W.A.S. Benson copper and brass fender
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A W.A.S. Benson copper and brass fender, the frame on six heart shaped feet, set with repousse and engraved plaques designed by Heywood Sumner, unmarked, 129 cm long, 32cm. deep
Literature
Catalogue of Lighting & Hollow-ware Designs, W.A.S Benson catalogue plate 32 cat. no.502.
Provenance
The Best of British Design from the 19th and 20th Centuries - The Selling Exhibition, London 14-20th March 2008 Sotheby's/Paul Reeves PR93 page 114.
Private collection.
Exhibited
W.A.S Benson Genius of the Arts and Crafts, Lakeland Arts Trust Blackwell, Cumbria 2007.