Flower Vase
1937-1938 (made)
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This pair of vases were two of six, designed and made by Harold Stabler for the tables used by Liverymen at Goldsmiths' Hall. The roundels represent the leopard's head of the London hallmark. These two vases were purchased from the Company as the set was never used for the purposes for which it was designed and are struck with the numbers, 5 and 6.
The six vases were given by the following prominent members of the goldsmithing industry, to whom the honourary freedom and livery of the company had been awarded in 1929 in recognition of their help in the Goldsmiths' Company's Plate Improvement Schemes: J.J. Hodges, A.T. Issac, P.J. Cunningham, W.T. Belk, J.B. Harrison andf P.J. Adie.
The six vases were given by the following prominent members of the goldsmithing industry, to whom the honourary freedom and livery of the company had been awarded in 1929 in recognition of their help in the Goldsmiths' Company's Plate Improvement Schemes: J.J. Hodges, A.T. Issac, P.J. Cunningham, W.T. Belk, J.B. Harrison andf P.J. Adie.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised, cast and soldered. |
| Brief description | Flower vase, silver, (one of a pair), London hallmarks for 1937-38, mark of Harold Stabler. |
| Physical description | Flower vase, (one of a pair), silver, ovoid body with two handles shapes as thumbpieces, and with a leopard's head in a roundel applied to each side of the body. The neck in two tiers separated by mouldings. The lower tier, fluted. A small moulded stem on a raised foot with a moulded rim. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 5 |
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| Object history | This pair of vases were two of six, designed and made by Harold Stabler for the tables used by Liverymen at Goldsmiths' Hall. The roundels represent the leopard's head of the London hallmark. These two vases were purchased from the Company as the set was never used for the purposes for which it was designed and are struck with the numbers, 5 and 6. The six vases were given by the following prominent members of the goldsmithing industry, to whom the honourary freedom and livery of the company had been awarded in 1929 in recognition of their help in the Goldsmiths' Company's Plate Improvement Schemes: J.J. Hodges, A.T. Issac, P.J. Cunningham, W.T. Belk, J.B. Harrison andf P.J. Adie. |
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| Summary | This pair of vases were two of six, designed and made by Harold Stabler for the tables used by Liverymen at Goldsmiths' Hall. The roundels represent the leopard's head of the London hallmark. These two vases were purchased from the Company as the set was never used for the purposes for which it was designed and are struck with the numbers, 5 and 6. The six vases were given by the following prominent members of the goldsmithing industry, to whom the honourary freedom and livery of the company had been awarded in 1929 in recognition of their help in the Goldsmiths' Company's Plate Improvement Schemes: J.J. Hodges, A.T. Issac, P.J. Cunningham, W.T. Belk, J.B. Harrison andf P.J. Adie. |
| Bibliographic reference | George Hughes, The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as patrons of their craft 1919-53, London, Goldsmiths' Company, 1967, cat. no. 263. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.343-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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