Arts and Crafts Metalwork and Applied Art

Eric Gill A.R.A. - a stone rectangular panel, carved in the Ditchling workshop, possibly by Desmond Chute, worked in relief with two lines of Greek text: 'Kai tis theos hegemoneuen' (And some god guided), height 16.5cm, length 71.5cm, depth 4.2cm (weathered surface and broken in two). Note: this text possibly relates to a passage from Homer's 'Odyssey' in which Odysseus' fleet journey to an island offshore from the land of the Cyclopes, Book IX, Lines 142-143: 'There we sailed, and some god guided us through the murky night.'' Provenance: removed from Woodbarton, Ditchling, East Sussex, the house designed by Eric Gill for his associate Desmond Chute. A member of the Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, the silk-weaver and maker of church vestments Valentine KilBride lived at Woodbarton, where he recounted to his daughter, Jenny KilBride Roberts, that Desmond Chute had carved this panel in the Ditchling workshop.

Eric Gill A.R.A. - a Hopton Wood stone devotional niche, carved in the Ditchling workshop, the arched niche painted in pale blue above a green painted ledge with shaped front, the separate protruding shelf with a moulded edge, total height 38cm, width 15cm. Provenance: removed from Woodbarton, Ditchling, East Sussex, the house designed by Eric Gill for his associate Desmond Chute.

Eric Gill A.R.A. - a Hopton Wood stone rectangular devotional panel, carved in the Ditchling workshop, incised in red lettering with 'It lasteth and forever shall for God loveth it', height 19.5cm, length 48cm, depth 4cm. Note: this inscription relates to the 14th/15th century English mystic Julian of Norwich. She was an anchoress at the Church of St. Julian in Norwich and encountered Christ in a series of revelations or visions while desperately ill, which she later recorded. This quote comes from these revelations of divine love relating to Jesus Christ: 'And in this he showed me a little thing, the quantity of a hazel nut, lying in the palm of my hand, as it seemed. And it was as round as any ball. I looked upon it with the eye of my understanding, and thought, 'What may this be?' And it was answered generally thus, 'It is all that is made.' I marvelled how it might last, for I thought it might suddenly have fallen to nothing for littleness. And I was answered in my understanding: It lasts and ever shall, for God loves it. And so have all things their beginning by the love of God.' A smaller exhibition piece with the same inscription is recorded in 'Eric Gill, The Inscriptions' by David Peace, no. 341. Provenance: removed from Woodbarton, Ditchling, East Sussex, the house designed by Eric Gill for his associate Desmond Chute.

Eric Gill A.R.A. - a Hopton Wood stone rectangular devotional panel, carved in the Ditchling workshop, incised in Latin and English with 'Considerate lilia agri - Consider the lilies of the field', height 20.5cm, length 50.5cm, depth 7.9cm. Note: the inscription relates to a passage from the Gospel according to Matthew, Chapter 6, Verse 28: 'And why are you concerned about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin. Yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.' Provenance: removed from Woodbarton, Ditchling, East Sussex, the house designed by Eric Gill for his associate Desmond Chute.

A pair of Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson oak bookends, each curved end with typical carved mouse signature, height 15.8cm, width 9.2cm.

A Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson oak ashtray, the top carved with typical mouse signature, length 10.4cm.

An early 20th century Arts and Crafts copper circular dish, worked with an overall stylized flowering plant, diameter 37cm.

A pair of Liberty & Co 'Tudric' plated pewter candlesticks, model number '01223', the overall planished bodies with wide drip pans and spreading circular bases, stamped manufacturer's marks to underside, height 24.5cm.

A Liberty & Co 'Tudric' pewter vase of flared trumpet form, model number '01040', the pierced body cast with ascending plants, raised on a spreading foot, bearing manufacturer's marks to underside, height 22cm.

A group of four Arts and Crafts copper trays by Hugh Wallace, one engraved with a ship, length 43cm, all bearing stamped maker's monogram.

A late Victorian copper kettle on a wrought iron heater stand, in the manner of W.A.S. Benson, the kettle handle stamped 'Rd 93257', height 23cm.

A Guild of Handicrafts electroplated copper muffin dish with warmer base, circa 1900, designed by Charles Robert Ashbee, the circular hot water warming base with screw stopper, the wide rim with beaded border beneath a domed cover, surmounted by a wirework finial, inset with mother-of-pearl, unmarked, height 15cm, diameter 24cm.

A Liberty & Co 'Tudric' pewter mantel timepiece, model number '0557', the circular copper dial with a central blue/green enamelled reserve within engraved Roman numerals, the shaped case cast with stylized honesty, the Lenzkirch movement numbered '522762', the underside of the case bearing stamped model number, height 19cm (lacking hands).

An Arts and Crafts silver preserve pot and spoon by A.E. Jones, the lid and spoon with bud shaped finials, the overall hammered body with a ropetwist rim issuing three Tudor rose pendants, Birmingham 1922, height 13cm (lacking original glass liner).

A set of six Liberty & Co silver and enamelled coffee spoons, each handle engraved and enamelled in blue and green with stylized feathers, Birmingham 1926, within their original Liberty case.

A set of six Liberty & Co silver coffee spoons, each handle with a hardstone terminal, Birmingham 1928 and 1929, within their original Liberty case.

An Edwardian Arts and Crafts patinated copper box, the cover inset with an enamelled landscape view, attributed to Fleetwood Charles Varley, the box possibly by the Guild of Handicraft, the wide-rimmed lid above a rectangular body, raised on flared square section supports, height 9.5cm, length 26cm, depth 16.8cm. Note: Fleetwood Charles Varley joined Charles Robert Ashbee at his Guild of Handicraft in the 1890s and became known as a sophisticated enameller and landscape watercolourist. After the Guild was dissolved in 1907, Varley found new work enamelling for Liberty & Co.

An Art Nouveau WMF cast metal tray, decorated in relief and pierced with a maiden's head, flowerheads and scrolls, numbered '211' and bearing manufacturer's mark to underside, length 23cm.

A Liberty & Co 'Tudric' pewter pierced circular dish, model number '0546', decorated with overall honesty, stamped 'Tudric 0546' to underside, diameter 12.5cm.