Case
1913 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Omar Ramsden (1873-1939), son of a successful Sheffield manufacturer, had met Alwyn Carr (1872-1940) as a fellow design student at the Sheffield School of Art. In 1897, Ramsden won First Prize in the open competition for the design of a mace for the Sheffield City Council and turned to Carr for help with its execution leading to their formal partnership in 1898.
Business flourished and the workshop, now enlarged to include specialist chasers, engravers and enamellers as well as general silversmiths in new premises and showroom in Fulham. The character of the wide range of silver produced, domestic, ceremonial and religious, is linked by its apparent hand made appearance and an English decorative quality of historic reference to medievalism as well as occasionally, a subtle awareness of the sinuous lines of contemporary Art Nouveau. The partnership was dissolved in 1918, after which, Ramsden and Carr ran independent studios until their respective deaths.
Business flourished and the workshop, now enlarged to include specialist chasers, engravers and enamellers as well as general silversmiths in new premises and showroom in Fulham. The character of the wide range of silver produced, domestic, ceremonial and religious, is linked by its apparent hand made appearance and an English decorative quality of historic reference to medievalism as well as occasionally, a subtle awareness of the sinuous lines of contemporary Art Nouveau. The partnership was dissolved in 1918, after which, Ramsden and Carr ran independent studios until their respective deaths.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Wood lined with baize |
| Brief description | Case for a three piece set of silver cutlery from a christening set, wood lined with baize, London 1913, made by Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr |
| Physical description | Case made with wood with a baize lining |
| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Gift of Carol Vinson |
| Object history | Part of a christening set given by installments to Carol Mary Vinson (b.1910) by her grandmother |
| Summary | Omar Ramsden (1873-1939), son of a successful Sheffield manufacturer, had met Alwyn Carr (1872-1940) as a fellow design student at the Sheffield School of Art. In 1897, Ramsden won First Prize in the open competition for the design of a mace for the Sheffield City Council and turned to Carr for help with its execution leading to their formal partnership in 1898. Business flourished and the workshop, now enlarged to include specialist chasers, engravers and enamellers as well as general silversmiths in new premises and showroom in Fulham. The character of the wide range of silver produced, domestic, ceremonial and religious, is linked by its apparent hand made appearance and an English decorative quality of historic reference to medievalism as well as occasionally, a subtle awareness of the sinuous lines of contemporary Art Nouveau. The partnership was dissolved in 1918, after which, Ramsden and Carr ran independent studios until their respective deaths. |
| Associated objects | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.21B/PART-1973 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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