Jam Dish
1900-1901 (made)
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Charles Robert Ashbee designed, and the Guild of Silversmiths made, many variations on the theme of a bowl or dish, with or without a cover, a liner and a foot, and with one or two handles. In the Guild's style, the handles here are of double wire, gracefully looped together at their outer extremities and splayed out at the point of attachment to the bowl and foot. The cover is enamelled in translucent blue and has a finial in the form of a calyx set with a cabochon. The bowl embossed with the initals E.F.S.I.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver and enamel, set with a cabochon |
| Brief description | Silver and enamel covered bowl set with a cabochon, England, 1900 - 1901, designer Charles Robert Ashbee. |
| Physical description | Two handled bowl and cover, the cover enamelled in translucent blue and a finial of calyx form set with a cabochon. Double wire handles, attached to the bowl above and below to the plain spreading foot. The bowl embossed with the initals EFSI. |
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| Summary | Charles Robert Ashbee designed, and the Guild of Silversmiths made, many variations on the theme of a bowl or dish, with or without a cover, a liner and a foot, and with one or two handles. In the Guild's style, the handles here are of double wire, gracefully looped together at their outer extremities and splayed out at the point of attachment to the bowl and foot. The cover is enamelled in translucent blue and has a finial in the form of a calyx set with a cabochon. The bowl embossed with the initals E.F.S.I. |
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| Accession number | M.44&A-1972 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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