Dish or charger; embossed copper; designed and made by Gustav Stickley; United States, ca. 1905

Circular charger or salver, embossed copper, the centre a shallow depressed bowl surrounded by a wide rim with a plain circular moulding and four embossed tulips with looped stems.

Given by Francis Ames-Lewis in memory of Felicity Ashbee

Acquired by Felicity Ashbee from the last owner of the Magpie and Stump, the house designed and built by her father C.R. Ashbee in Cheyne Walk, 1893-4 and demolished in 1968.

Gustav Stickley (1857-1942), American designer and metalworker, was born in Wisconsin and trained as a stonemason. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1876 and was apprenticed to his uncle, who made plain chairs with cane seats, and then to other relatives. In 1898 he visited Euroipe, meeting Voysy and other designers in England, and on his return formed the Gustav Stickley Company in Eastwood, near Syracuse, New York. In 1900 he exhibited at Grand Rapids and the same year enlarged the company, which became the Craftsman Workshops, with their own timber mills in the Adirondacks. He exhibited at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1905, sharing a stand with Grueby Faience Co. From October 1901 to December 1916 he published The Craftsman. From April 1903 to January 1904 the designer-architect Harvey Ellis worked for him, ornamenting furniture with inlaid metals. From 1902 they also produced metalwork. In 1905 the administrative office was moved to New York, but the firm went bankrupt and was taken over by L. and J.G. Stickley in April 1915 as the Stickley Manufacturing Company.

Gustav Stickley (1857-1942), American designer and metalworker, was born in Wisconsin and trained as a stonemason. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1876 and was apprenticed to his uncle, who made plain chairs with cane seats, and then to other relatives. In 1898 he visited Europe, meeting Voysy and other designers in England, and on his return formed the Gustav Stickley Company in Eastwood, near Syracuse, New York. In 1900 he exhibited at Grand Rapids and the same year enlarged the company, which became the Craftsman Workshops, with their own timber mills in the Adirondacks. He exhibited at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1905, sharing a stand with Grueby Faience Co. From October 1901 to December 1916 he published The Craftsman. From April 1903 to January 1904 the designer-architect Harvey Ellis worked for him, ornamenting furniture with inlaid metals. From 1902 they also produced metalwork. In 1905 the administrative office was moved to New York, but the firm went bankrupt and was taken over by L. and J.G. Stickley in April 1915 as the Stickley Manufacturing Company.

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