Lot 266
A modern sauceboat
BERNARD HARRINGTON, EDINBURGH 1963
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 17 August 2016 from 12:00 BST
Description
of tradition form with pouring spout, the body with planished finish and moulded rim, slender S scroll handle and raised on a short stem and domed oval foot
Dimensions
Width 19.5cm, 10oz
Footnote
Note:
Bernard Harrington registered his punch at the Edinburgh Assay Office between 1948 and 1975 when he was an active silversmith, designer and University lecturer. His legacy is not confined to his output of fine silver, which encompasses various civic items, including the Maces for the City of Dundee in 1954 and that of the Deacon Convener of the Nine Trades of Dundee in 1953. He will also be remembered for the influence he bore on a much wider sphere of Scottish silversmith and jewellers as the head of Silversmithing and Jewellery Department at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. He held this position from 1943 until 1974 influencing a generation of students.
His bold use of simple lines and traditional techniques set him apart from the mass produced / manufactured wares which had become commonplace throughout Britain since the end of WW1.