Pair of Sauce Boats
1909-1910 (designed and made)
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| Place of origin |
Omar Ramsden (1873-1939), son of a successful Sheffield manufacturer, had met Alwyn Carr (1872-1940) as a fellow design student at the Sheffield School of Art. In 1897, Ramsden won First Prize in the open competition for the design of a mace for the Sheffield City Council and turned to Carr for help with its execution leading to their formal partnership in 1898.
Business flourished and the workshop, now enlarged to include specialist chasers, engravers and enamellers as well as general silversmiths in new premises and showroom in Fulham. The character of the wide range of silver produced, domestic, ceremonial and religious, is linked by its apparent hand made appearance and an English decorative quality of historic reference to medievalism as well as occasionally, a subtle awareness of the sinuous lines of contemporary Art Nouveau. The partnership was dissolved in 1918, after which, Ramsden and Carr ran independent studios until their respective deaths.
Business flourished and the workshop, now enlarged to include specialist chasers, engravers and enamellers as well as general silversmiths in new premises and showroom in Fulham. The character of the wide range of silver produced, domestic, ceremonial and religious, is linked by its apparent hand made appearance and an English decorative quality of historic reference to medievalism as well as occasionally, a subtle awareness of the sinuous lines of contemporary Art Nouveau. The partnership was dissolved in 1918, after which, Ramsden and Carr ran independent studios until their respective deaths.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised, soldered and planished |
| Brief description | Pair of sauce boats, silver, London hallmarks for 1909-10, mark of Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr |
| Physical description | Pair of sauce boats, silver, the bowl is of strongly curved boat-shaped profile, the back of which curves sharply upwards and forwards. The edges of the bowl are formed as an open roll moulding. The low oval foot is connected to the bowl by a narrow stem surrounded by six bowed cast silver ribs. The high looped handle is formed of two wires with an infill of two wires in an ogee pattern, terminating in flattened wire volutes soldered to the rear of the bowl. The whole surface of the sauceboats has been given a facetted appearence with a planishing hammer. The ladles, M.287&A-1975 are ensuitre with these sauceboats. |
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| Gallery label | PAIR OF SAUCE BOATS AND LADLES
Silver
ENGLISH; London hallmarks for 1909-10
Maker's mark of Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr.
Inscribed "OMAR RAMSDEN ET ALWYN CARR ME FECERUNT".
Given by Mrs M. Campbell-Voullaire |
| Credit line | Given by Miss M. Campbell-Voullaire |
| Object history | Gift of Mrs M Campbell-Voullaire |
| Summary | Omar Ramsden (1873-1939), son of a successful Sheffield manufacturer, had met Alwyn Carr (1872-1940) as a fellow design student at the Sheffield School of Art. In 1897, Ramsden won First Prize in the open competition for the design of a mace for the Sheffield City Council and turned to Carr for help with its execution leading to their formal partnership in 1898. Business flourished and the workshop, now enlarged to include specialist chasers, engravers and enamellers as well as general silversmiths in new premises and showroom in Fulham. The character of the wide range of silver produced, domestic, ceremonial and religious, is linked by its apparent hand made appearance and an English decorative quality of historic reference to medievalism as well as occasionally, a subtle awareness of the sinuous lines of contemporary Art Nouveau. The partnership was dissolved in 1918, after which, Ramsden and Carr ran independent studios until their respective deaths. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.286-1975 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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