£1,000
Auction: Design Since 1860
silver-gilt, set with a red cabochon, bearing inscription LAURIE BEATRICE WILLIAMS/ JANUARY 22/ 1899, hallmarks for London 1906
Note: John Williams was a founding member of the Guild of Handicraft from 1888 where he trained under John Pearson, and, with Pearson, was responsible for the early beaten copper and brass work. In 1892 he went on to teach at Hammersmith School of Art and held classes at Fivemiletown Art Metalwork in County Tyrone where he supplied most of the designs. The current lot by Williams in silver and silver-gilt may have been a christening gift for a child.