Arts and Crafts Metalwork and Applied Art

An Arts and Crafts silver plated copper three-section serving dish, possibly Keswick School, width 23cm, a Victorian Aesthetic period teapot, a Christopher Dresser style plated teapot and a plated stand.

An Arts and Crafts copper rectangular panel, embossed with a lion rampant within a border of impressed roundels, 50cm x 42.5cm.

An Arts and Crafts brass wall sconce plate, the shaped panel worked with a large owl below a crescent moon and two stars, height 49cm, width 27cm (lacking candle holders).

An early 20th century Arts and Crafts silkwork panel, in the manner of May Morris, the brown velvet ground finely worked in coloured silks with overall stylized flowerheads and leaves, 48cm x 42.5cm, within an oak moulded section frame.

An Art Nouveau WMF cast metal twin-handled vase, the tapering ovoid body cast in high relief with opposing maidens, their flowing dresses forming the spreading base, bearing impressed maker's mark to underside, height 37cm.

An Arts and Crafts copper twin light wall sconce, probably Newlyn, the wall plate decorated in relief with four fish above a seaweed decorated platform, fitted with two riveted candle holders, unmarked, height 32.5cm, width 20.5cm.

An Arts and Crafts Newlyn copper circular dish, the raised rim worked with a band of fishes and seaweed, unmarked, diameter 34cm, together with another smaller example, bearing 'Newlyn' stamp to underside, diameter 24.5cm.

A group of three Arts and Crafts Newlyn copper circular dishes, one decorated in relief with a crab, diameter 22cm, another with sailing boats, diameter 23cm, and the other with a galleon, diameter 30cm, all bearing 'Newlyn' stamps.

A Keswick School of Industrial Arts copper square tray with raised edge, finely worked with a peacock within scrolling foliage, bearing 'KSIA' stamp to border, 31.5cm x 31.5cm, together with another Keswick School copper circular dish, bearing 'KSIA' stamp, diameter 26cm.

A group of three Arts and Crafts boxes, comprising a pewter mounted box with five blue enamelled cabochons to the lid, width 17.5cm, another pewter mounted box and a copper mounted box, the lid worked with initials 'G.A.P.', width 19cm.

An early 20th century plated toast rack, in the manner of Christopher Dresser, the tripod stand with warmer aperture, height 19cm, together with a similar chamberstick, marked 'Carl Heiss Wien', an Arts and Crafts brass pin tray and a 'Tudric' pewter vase, model number '01636', height 12.8cm.

A late 19th century Arts and Crafts patinated copper alms dish, the centre with an enamelled reserve, inscribed 'HSC' within flowering tendrils, diameter 43cm.

A late Victorian Aesthetic period embossed brass box, possibly by Morris & Co, the hinged lid and sides decorated with a repeating pattern of flowerheads and leafy stems, height 8.5cm, length 16cm, together with an Arts and Crafts copper mounted candlestick and a pewter mounted box, width 19cm.

A late Victorian Arts and Crafts electroplated cast metal book cover, designed by Miss Margaret Lilian Simpson on a commission from the council of the Art Union of London, dated 1st January 1896, modelled in relief and pierced with angels and flowing scrolls on a hammered ground, bearing marks 'Art Union of London 1st January 1896', height 24.3cm, total length 41.5cm, mounted within a glazed exhibition case, the reverse with hand written details of provenance. Note: Margaret Lilian Simpson was a student of the National School of Arts, South Kensington, under the tutelage of Edward Lanteri. This book cover won her a gold medal in the National Art Competition of 1894 and a travelling studentship in Italy. Returning a second time for further study with Miss Florence Steele, gold medallist of that year, she died of typhoid on the 21st December 1896, aged just 26. Only a small number of these book covers are known to exist; there is one version in the British Library and another in Dukes University, North Carolina. One example was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1896 and can be seen listed on royalacademy.org.uk. Provenance: direct descent from the Simpson family.

A group of Arts and Crafts pewter items, all of hand beaten construction and bearing 'JHG' monograms to undersides, including a pair of candlesticks, height 13cm, a teapot, a pair of sauce boats, bowls, dishes, napkin rings and a beaker.

A 19th century Gothic Revival stone floor tablet, in the manner of A.W.N. Pugin, decorated with an iron red rosette with black centre, width 21cm, depth 4.5cm.

Two Arts and Crafts Birmingham Guild copper trays, the oval tray with shaped handles, length 42cm, the circular tray decorated with a ring of apples and dots, diameter 38cm, both bearing 'The Birmingham Guild Ltd, England' stamp to undersides.

A late 19th century American Aesthetic period plate mounted and opaline glass water jug by Simpson Hall Miller & Co, the spout and handle cast with rosettes and fishes, the glass body painted with a winter landscape within bands of palmette sprays, height 34cm.

A group of three late 19th century American Aesthetic period cast metal water jugs, including two by Simpson Hall Miller & Co, one decorated with finely cast bands of flowers and fish, height 31cm, the other plainer example with bands of leaves and flowers.