Lot 106
RICHARDSON & OTTEWILL §
FLOWER DESIGN SILVER BOX, 1999/2000
Auction: MODERN MADE Part II | 01 November 2024 | Lots 80 to 444
Description
stamped maker's mark and hallmarked for London 1999/2000, with Millennium stamp, silver with Australian silk oak lined-interior
Dimensions
6.2cm high, 19.1cm wide, 19.1cm deep (2 ½in high, 7 ½in wide, 7 ½in deep)
Provenance
Commissioned directly from the maker's in 1998;
Property of a Private Aficionado.
Footnote
Together with facsimile copies of the original designs.
Justin Richardson and Steven Ottewill studied silversmithing at Kent Institute of Art and Design and they worked together in a contemporary design studio between 1993 and 2006.
Ottewill wrote: 'The box was initially designed with several points in mind. One was to mark the celebration of the new millennium, the other was to link this new piece with other existing pieces in your collection, both points were successfully achieved with the image of the Canterbury cross relating to 2000 years of Christianity being part of the structure on the plan view with 4 intersecting candleholder shapes forming the relationship to your original collection.
A sterling silver box designed and made at Richardson and Ottewill in 1999. The box comprises of the main body with a lift-off lid or bezel fitted lid which reveals the Australian silk oak veneered interior. The base wire is a bold on section which is essential both for construction and the maintaining of the veneered interior'.