GEORGE S. TANNER FOR NEWTON SCHOOL OF METALWORK
ARTS & CRAFTS WALL SCONCE, DATED 1900
£600
Auction: Day One: 20 April 2022 | From 11:00
Description
repoussé-decorated copper and brass, with carved oak backboard, bears label verso inscribed BY GEORGE S. TANNER/ GODALMING/ FOR MISS EDITH WITHAM ON/ THE OCCASION OF HER MARRIAGE/ JUNE 19TH 1900
Dimensions
48cm x 35cm
Footnote
Note: The Newton School of Metal Workers was set up by a local landowner and farmer, William Hurrell at Newton, Cambridgeshire around 1890. The School first exhibits at the Industrial Loan and Exhibition in Royston in 1891 and was mentioned in The Studio in 1894.