By Omar Ramsden, an Arts and Crafts silver fruit stand,

By Omar Ramsden, an Arts and Crafts silver fruit stand,
London 1938, also engraved 'Omar Ramsden Me Fecit',
shallow tapering bowl, spot-hammered decoration, tapering circular column supported by four female nudes, with arms aloft, on a raised lobed oval foot, with a chased fruit border, height 25.8cm, approx. weight 70oz.

Provenance: The Wood Hall Collection of Omar Ramsden.

For a similar example with clothed figures see: Christie's, King Street, London, Omar Ramsden: Silver From the David and Vivian Campbell Collection, 20 April 2005, lot 65. The Garen of Hesperides Fruit Stand.
Omar Ramsden's work books recorded at least two versions of this design, and this example is probably the first.