Lot 50
JOHN WILLIAMS FOR FIVEMILETOWN, CO. TYRONE
ARTS & CRAFTS SILVER & ENAMEL POT POURRI CASKET & COVER, 1910
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
Auction: 25 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
possibly worked by Patrick Roche, the cover centred by an enamelled rose enclosed by pierced, chased and repoussé entwined briars and the inscription GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY, the planished bowl raised on circular section stem with corresponding pierced decoration set with four further enamel roundels, on shaped spreading base, stamped marks to cover and base W.T., hallmarked Sheffield 1910
Dimensions
16cm diameter, 18.5cm high
Footnote
Literature: The Studio, February 1907, illustrated
Larmour, Paul 'The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland' Friar's Bush Press, 1992, p. 44, where this example is illustrated.
Note: John Williams was one of the founders and principal metalworkers at the Guild of Handicraft and later tutored and worked at Fivemiletown in Ireland.