Harold Sargison for Sargisons Jewellers Hobart. A boxed set of 6 hand made and hand hammered silver spoons

Designed by Harold Sargison, made by Sargison's, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1920 - 1940 A boxed set of 6 hand made and hand hammered silver spoons with 6 different coloured semi-precious cabochons 'entwined wire set' on twisted stems in the style of C.R.Ashbee. Harold Sargison of Hobart designed and crafted hand-wrought silver spoons in the Arts and Crafts style from about 1920, when he acquired a jewellery business at 31 Murray Street, until his retirement in 1980, at the age of 95. An identical spoon to this set was presented to the Museum in 2002, the collection was assembled in the 1980s by Dr G W Kenneth Cavill. An Emeritus Professor of the University of New South Wales. In his retirement, Professor Cavill has researched and published the histories of notable Australian silverware manufacturers of the first part of the 20th century. Height 4 1/2". Circa 1905.