Vase
2001 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
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Michael Lloyd is an established silversmith based in Scotland. He takes his creative inspiration from nature. Texture, colour and form are of equal consideration to Lloyd when creating a piece of silverware. Enjoyment of the creative process of making is as important to him as the finished product.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Britannia silver, hand raised |
| Brief description | Britannia silver and parcel gilt, Edinburgh hallmarks for 2001, made by Michael Lloyd. |
| Physical description | Hand-raised Britannia silver vase chased with plant forms and oak leaves with inlaid gold decorations. The vase is composed of eight panels, curved in cross section and shaped as an irregular trapezoid with the bottom edges curved, decorated alternately with a dense pattern of oak leaves, chased and 24 carat gold inserts, representing acorns, each of these chased panels flanked by a plain panel which bears an individual component of the hallmark. The surface left hammered and softly planished. The outline of the vase swells outwards and tapers inwards towards the top and the base. The base circular flaring outwards to meet to meet the panelled sections of the main body. The underside of the base is decorated with a chased medallion of stylised oak leaves. The interior of the vase, gilt. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Hallmarked for Edinburgh 2001 and the maker's mark of Michael Lloyd, MKL in a rectangular lozenge over 958 in an oval lozenge, the date letter b for 2001, the town mark for Edinburgh and the mark of Britannia for the Britannia standard. (Hallmark; between the chased panels around the body, stamped centrally, one third of the way down; 2001) |
| Gallery label | VASE
Britannia standard silver, gold
Edinburgh 2001
Michael Lloyd
This magnificent vase by Michael Lloyd has a surface chased with oak leaves and 24 carat gold inserts representing acorns. Naturalistic motifs are a recurring theme in Lloyd's work.
The vase is made of Britannia standard silver (95.84% pure silver) which is of greater purity than sterling silver (92.5%). This higher purity makes Britannia silver softer than sterling silver and therefore particularly suitable for finely wrought chased work.
Michael Lloyd trained at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1976. He is represented in important national and international collections of contemporary silver. One of his recent commissions was the ceremonial mace for the new Scottish Parliament in 1999. He is one of the major practitioners in Britain today.
M.4-2002(26/11/2002) |
| Credit line | Purchased with funds from the Yorke-Radleigh Trust Fund |
| Object history | Bought for the Metalwork collection from the Flow Gallery, London. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | Michael Lloyd is an established silversmith based in Scotland. He takes his creative inspiration from nature. Texture, colour and form are of equal consideration to Lloyd when creating a piece of silverware. Enjoyment of the creative process of making is as important to him as the finished product. |
| Bibliographic reference | Demczynska, Yvonna ed.100% PROOF, A distillation of new work in jewellery and silversmithing from Scotland. London, Flow Gallery, 2001. |
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| Accession number | M.4-2002 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2002 |
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