14th Nov, 2014 9:00 GMT/BST
Autumn Fine Art Sale
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An Arts & Crafts Silver-Mounted Maplewood Mazer Bowl, by Omar Ramsden, London 1925, of...
Ramsden is said, as quoted by Leslie Durbin, (E.Turner and L.S.Roberts, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From the Campbell Collection, New York, 1992, page 56) to have personally treated the mazer bowls when they were returned to the shop after having been turned by Rogers and Co. The wood was exposed to a gas flame to char the surface, inside and out. While still hot Ramsden would rub beeswax into the surface of the wood. Only once the bowls had cooled would Ramsden trust them to be handled by anyone else, turning them over to a workman to be polished.
Crack in one panel. Line dent in foot. Surface scratches. Dents to rim. 11114
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