Model
ca.1925 (designed and made)
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| Place of origin |
Part of a small collection of metalwork, designs and photographs documenting the work of A.F. Thompson, `art metal worker'. His address appears to have been 8 Noel Street, Wardour Street , London W1, in 1908, and later 19 Effingham Road, Lee Green, London, SE12 (1955). Illustrated work includes for example, a processional cross, 1908; metalwork for the shop front of International Art Galleries Ltd; an altar cross for Brisbane Cathedral, 1916, an altar cross and candlesticks for St. Mary's, Graham Street, Sloane Square, 1930; a chalice for Gloucester Cathedral; sliding lift doors for Selfridges; doors for the National Provincial Bank, Luton, a triptych for the Queen of Spain, and a design for an emblem for 99 Squadron, R.A.F., dated 1940.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | White metal, embossed and chased |
| Brief description | Model for a key plate for a gold freedom box, white metal, London, ca.1925, probably made by A.F. Thompson. |
| Physical description | Model for the key plate of a gold freedom box, white metal on a base metal backing. The solid aperture for the key is flaked `O' and `A' and surmounted by an Earl's coronet. |
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| Object history | This model was intended for a key plate to a gold freedom box which was presented by the City of London to the Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Two photographs of the finished box are included in the accompanying archive material. They date the presentation of the freedom of the City of London to the Earl of Oxford and Asquith to the 13th May, 1925. |
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| Association | |
| Summary | Part of a small collection of metalwork, designs and photographs documenting the work of A.F. Thompson, `art metal worker'. His address appears to have been 8 Noel Street, Wardour Street , London W1, in 1908, and later 19 Effingham Road, Lee Green, London, SE12 (1955). Illustrated work includes for example, a processional cross, 1908; metalwork for the shop front of International Art Galleries Ltd; an altar cross for Brisbane Cathedral, 1916, an altar cross and candlesticks for St. Mary's, Graham Street, Sloane Square, 1930; a chalice for Gloucester Cathedral; sliding lift doors for Selfridges; doors for the National Provincial Bank, Luton, a triptych for the Queen of Spain, and a design for an emblem for 99 Squadron, R.A.F., dated 1940. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.50-1987 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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