Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 12th July 2023
Lot 481
By James Dixon and Sons, an Arts and Crafts silver bowl,
Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £150
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Description
By James Dixon and Sons, an Arts and Crafts silver bowl,
Sheffield 1918,
circular form, spot-hammered decoration, with three ring handles, on a circular foot, inscribed 'In Memory of our brother Lieut. Reginald Cook (acting Captain), 1st Devon Regiment, killed in France (Bapaume) Sept 1st 1918', on a circular foot, diameter 10.5cm, approx. weight 8.9oz.
Provenance: A Private Collection of Arts and Crafts and modern silver.
HMSO's official 'Officers who died in the Great War 1914-1919 records that Reginald Cook received the Military Cross and was killed in action'.