21st Mar, 2020 10:00 GMT/BST
Jewellery, Watches & Silver
1249
A Pair of George V Silver Sauceboats, by Omar Ramsden, London, 1922, each oval and on spreading...
Provenance:
Possibly part of a service that was believed to have been commissioned between 1906 and 1922 by Martin de German-Ribon, O.B.E. initially from Omar Ramsden while he was working in partnership with Alwyn Carr and later Omar Ramsden working on his own.
Possibly Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Monaco, 4 December 1989.
Other pieces which are believed to be from the same service include a pair of silver-mounted garnet-set glass claret-jugs and an important pair of George V candelabra. Both were similarly decorated to the present sauceboats and were previously in the collection of David and Vivian Campbell and later sold by Christie's, London (20 April 2005, lot 10 and lot 9 respectively).
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,200 - £1,800
. Each is marked under rim. The bases further engraved 'Omar Ramsden me Fecit'. The marks and engraving a clear. There is some minor surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. There is some minor bruising inside the bowl of one.
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Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 21st Mar, 2020
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