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Guild of Handicraft, attributed. Pair of silver-plated vegetable dishes by C. R. Ashbee
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Guild of Handicraft, attributed. A pair of silver-plated vegetable dishes and covers, designed by C. R. Ashbee, c.1900. Oval in form, with ivory finials attached by chain link to foliate bosses. The pierced handles are shaped as fruiting vine leaves, raised on four small ball supports.
Provenance: Arthur Currer Briggs (1855–1906), Mayor of the City of Leeds (1903–04) and Alderman of the City of Leeds (1904–06), whose holiday home Broad Leys overlooking Lake Windermere was designed by Charles Voysey.
See Sotheby’s London, Dining In, Sale number L20318, 3–12 August 2020, Lot 21.
For a set of four silver and enamel tazzas also made by Ashbee and owned by Currer Briggs, incorporating the same pierced vine ornament in the stem, see: Sotheby’s London, Treasures, 3 July 2019, Lot 40.
For the design see C. R. Ashbee, Modern English Silverwork, London, 1909, pl.44. Plate 55 of the same publication shows the pierced vine design in another form.
Width: 13.98 in (35.5 cm)
Depth: 7.87 in (20 cm)
1900-1909
