Fine Arts and Crafts - 18th June 2025
Lot 453
A rare Guild of Handicraft pewter ceiling rose designed by Charles Robert Ashbee for the Magpie and
Estimate £200 - £400 | Hammer £693
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Description
A rare Guild of Handicraft pewter ceiling rose designed by Charles Robert Ashbee for the Magpie and Stump, circular, stamped with Tudor rose flower head, and another, possibly a pendulum shade modelled as a flower head the design attributed to Charles Robert Ashbee, unsigned, 31cm. diam. (2)
Provenance
Magpie and Stump, 37 Cheyne Walk Chelsea
Private collection.
Literature
Alan Crawford, C. R. Ashbee, Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist, Yale, page 303 figure 150 for a drawing of the light fittings in the Dining room, 37 Cheyne Walk, page 301 figure 149 for a comparable floriform shade.