λBy Robert Catterson-Smith, a three-piece Arts and Crafts silver tea set,

λBy Robert Catterson-Smith, a three-piece Arts and Crafts silver tea set,
unmarked, circa 1920,
circular bellied form, ivory insulators, spot-hammered decoration, stylised borders and scroll handle, the domed cover with an ivory finial, length of teapot handle to spout 22cm. (3)

Provenance: A Private Collection.
Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Silver & Collectors' Items, 22nd October 2013, lot 1040.
Ivory Act registration number: EP1ZFEW3

Robert Catterson-Smith (1853-1938) was born in Dublin. He left Dublin around 1892 and worked for the Kelmscott Press in Chiswick. In 1901, he was appointed headmaster at Vittoria Street School for Jewellers and Silversmiths and then went on to be Head Master at the Birmingham School of Art.
His silver-work shows the clear influence of Ashbee and other designers of the period, and his design for the Kenrick casket is in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, he also helped Webb to make the University of Birmingham's Mace.