Cigarette Case
1922-1923 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Omar Ramsden, was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. He was the son of Benjamin Woolhouse Ramsden (c.1851-c1898) and Norah (nee Ibbotson) whose family were ivory cutters and may also have dealt in ivory. Omar Ramsden was apprenticed as a silversmith in 1887 and studied at Sheffield School of Art from 1890, winning a four-year scholarship in 1894. After completing his training about 1897, Ramsden travelled abroad for a year with a fellow student at Sheffield, Alwyn Ellison Carr (1872-1940). On their return in 1898, they then set up a business in London, registering their own maker's mark. Ramsden and Carr worked first from Albert Studios, Battersea and then from a studio (St. Dunstan's) in Chelsea and a workshop in Fulham. From about 1914 Ramsden began to work independently and in 1919 the partnership with Carr was formally dissolved. Ramsden managed the studio and workshop alone until his death in 1939.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, gold fretwork applied by rivets, interior gilded |
| Brief description | Cigarette case, silver with gold details, London hallmarks for 1922-23, mark of Omar Ramsden |
| Physical description | Rectangular cigarette case with rounded edges, silver with applied 18 carat gold fretwork panels, hinged lid, lightly hammered bevelled edges, interior gilded. On the front, a design of St George killing the dragon with the words in scrollwork: SAINT GEORGE FOR MERRIE ENGLAND. On the back, a landscape with the Princess Sabra tethered to a p[ost and in the foreground a deer and the initials J·N·H. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by J. N. Hart |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 63/3043 Bequest - JN Hart via Horn and Birkett (solicitors), 19 Cowley St, SW1 |
| Summary | Omar Ramsden, was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire. He was the son of Benjamin Woolhouse Ramsden (c.1851-c1898) and Norah (nee Ibbotson) whose family were ivory cutters and may also have dealt in ivory. Omar Ramsden was apprenticed as a silversmith in 1887 and studied at Sheffield School of Art from 1890, winning a four-year scholarship in 1894. After completing his training about 1897, Ramsden travelled abroad for a year with a fellow student at Sheffield, Alwyn Ellison Carr (1872-1940). On their return in 1898, they then set up a business in London, registering their own maker's mark. Ramsden and Carr worked first from Albert Studios, Battersea and then from a studio (St. Dunstan's) in Chelsea and a workshop in Fulham. From about 1914 Ramsden began to work independently and in 1919 the partnership with Carr was formally dissolved. Ramsden managed the studio and workshop alone until his death in 1939. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.172-1964 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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