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OMAR RAMSDEN FINE STERLING SILVER HAMMERED BOWL 1932
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OMAR RAMSDEN FINE STERLING SILVER HAMMERED BOWL 1932
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OMAR RAMSDEN FINE STERLING SILVER HAMMERED BOWL 1932 A most beautifull sterling silver bowl by the renowned English Silvermith Omar Ramsden. The piece has an arrtactive crenelated edge and a subtle hammered finish. The bowl measures just over 11 cm in diameter and weighs a healthy 97.5 grams. It is fully hallmarked for London 1932 and bears Ramsden's trademark inscription 'OMAR RAMSDEN ME FECIT' meaning 'Omar Ramsden made me'. The Condition of the piece is very good indeed. Omar Ramsden (21 Aug 1873 - 9 Aug 1939) was the son of a silver and electroplate manufacturer from Sheffield, he was apprenticed to a company of silversmiths and attended evening classes at Sheffield School of Art. In 1897 he won a competition to design a mace for the city of Sheffield, which was made with the English silver designer Alwyn Carr (1872-1940). Both men went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London and in 1898 Ramsden and Carr set up in partnership in London to produce fine 'art' silver. They exploited the fashionable taste for handmade silver of the Arts and Crafts Movement and, with the help of skilled artisans, made articles adapted from Gothic and Renaissance designs. Wine coasters, bowls, ladles and sauceboats were ornamented with dog roses, oak leaves and briar twigs and applied with Celtic-style inscriptions, which became a trademark. They were patronized by Church bodies for their superbly wrought, large-scale ecclesiastical ornaments, such as monstrances and chalices. In 1905 the studio moved to larger premises in Fulham, London. On the dissolution of their partnership, Ramsden retained the St. Dunstans workshop and a staff of twenty. The business continued to flourish and Ramsden developed a distinctive house style that became heavier and more traditional than the fluid Art Nouveau of previous years. He placed more and more emphasis on the hand wrought appearance with each piece being considered a unique creation, the importance being a bespoke object subtly adapted from a proven design.
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