Sarepta
Teaspoon
1903-1904 (made), 1899 (designed)
1903-1904 (made), 1899 (designed)
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This leather case has a velvet liner for spoons and a satin liner in the lid. It held silver spoons from the Cymric range of silver and jewellery that Arthur Lasenby Liberty sponsored in 1898. He was the owner of Liberty & Co, the London department store, where the Cymric range was shown first in spring 1899.
The Cymric mark registered at the Goldsmiths’ Company was entered in A. L. Liberty’s name. However, the majority of the silver and jewellery, and this case, were made by W. H. Haseler of Birmingham, who became a joint partner in the project. Designs for the range were supplied by the Silver Studio, an English design studio established in 1880. Archibald Knox (1864-1933) supplied the majority of Liberty metalwork designs between 1899 and 1912.
The Cymric mark registered at the Goldsmiths’ Company was entered in A. L. Liberty’s name. However, the majority of the silver and jewellery, and this case, were made by W. H. Haseler of Birmingham, who became a joint partner in the project. Designs for the range were supplied by the Silver Studio, an English design studio established in 1880. Archibald Knox (1864-1933) supplied the majority of Liberty metalwork designs between 1899 and 1912.
Object details
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| Title | Sarepta (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, with enamel |
| Brief description | Silver and enamel, Birmingham hallmarks for 1903-4, mark of Liberty & Co. |
| Physical description | One of set of six, each spoon has a plain, oval bowl; the stem is decorated with two pairs of stylised leaves on curving stalks against reserved areas of green, orange and blue enamel. Each handle ends in a pointed, stylised plant form. |
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| Production type | small batch |
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| Object history | Acquisition RF: 76 / 369 Purchase - £160 Liberty & Co. Ltd., Regent Street, W1 Set of six in a box. Designed in 1899 by either Rex Silver or Oliver Baker. Liberty's usually suppressed the individual identity of their designers in order to promote the brand image of the firm. The only exception to this practice was when they contributed to the exhibitions organised by the Arts and Crafts Society where the rules explicitly required the designers and craftsmen to be identified. Neg._No: BW 40497 BW 40500 |
| Summary | This leather case has a velvet liner for spoons and a satin liner in the lid. It held silver spoons from the Cymric range of silver and jewellery that Arthur Lasenby Liberty sponsored in 1898. He was the owner of Liberty & Co, the London department store, where the Cymric range was shown first in spring 1899. The Cymric mark registered at the Goldsmiths’ Company was entered in A. L. Liberty’s name. However, the majority of the silver and jewellery, and this case, were made by W. H. Haseler of Birmingham, who became a joint partner in the project. Designs for the range were supplied by the Silver Studio, an English design studio established in 1880. Archibald Knox (1864-1933) supplied the majority of Liberty metalwork designs between 1899 and 1912. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.321-1976 |
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| Record created | March 9, 2004 |
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