Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 31 Oct 2023
By Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr, an Edwardian Arts and Crafts silver and enamel cigarette box,
By Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr, an Edwardian Arts and Crafts silver and enamel cigarette box,
London 1902, also engraved Omar Ramsden and Alwyn C.E. Carr made me 1902', retailed by and stamped to wood interior Payne and Son, Silversmiths Oxford,
rectangular form, the sides chased with flowers and scrolls on a spot-hammered background, the corners with applied buttress supports terminating in pad feet, the pull-off cover chased and pierced with intertwined ring motifs on an enamelled aquamarine background, wood-lined, length 14cm.
Provenance: The Wood Hall Collection of Omar Ramsden.
Christie's, King Street, London, Omar Ramsden: Silver From the David and Vivian Campbell Collection, 20 April 2005, lot 2.
Sotheby's London, 29 March 1996, lot 180.