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Edgar Gilstrap Simpson ARTS & CRAFTS INKWELL, RUSKIN POTTERY LINER C.1900

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A fantastic quality beaten copper with turquoise finial arts and crafts inkwell signed by Edgar Simpson. A superb jewellery designer whose workmanship is of the very highest quality and pieces like this almost impossible to find as they are so rare. Of its type you will not find a better example. It is in flawless, original untouched condition, carries its original Ruskin pottery liner and is fully signed and hand numbered 'N/L/L 227' to the base. It measures 14.5cm in diameter and is 8.5cm in overall height. English: Edgar Gilstrap Simpson (1867-1945), British jewellery designer in the Arts & Crafts tradition. Born in Nottingham; his father, Henry Simpson, was a lace manufacturer. Edgar Simpson moved to Switzerland, where he worked as a jewellery designer, got married and raised a family. Later on, he took up a new career path becoming a professional photographer. At some point in time, he repatriated to England with his wife and two daughters and settled near Orpington in Kent. Regarding his professional accomplishments, according to Elyse Zorn Karlin (Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition. London, 1993.): "Simpson worked between 1896-1910 in a simple style, somewhat similar to C.R. Ashbee. His work, some of which was exhibited in 1902 at the Vienna Secession exhibit, often took the form of curved wirework (whiplash) pendants with enamel. Other pieces by Simpson include: silver cloak clasps, gold pendants set with opal and amethysts, silver pendants, brooches, buttons with enamel, and a pendant with an opal in matrix. Dolphins and other marine animals were familiar motifs in his work. Simpson designed for Charles Horner and other firms. He designed some pieces in the Glasgow style which were exhibited in Vienna. Charles Rennie Mackintosh had recommended him to Josef Hoffman of the Wiener Werkstätte when Mackintosh was unable to fill a request himself." Reference: Edgar Simpson: Arts & Crafts Jeweller and Former Lenton Resident, Lenton Times (The Magazine of Lenton Local History Society), Issue No. 29 August 2010.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3.35 in (8.5 cm)Width: 5.71 in (14.5 cm)Depth: 5.71 in (14.5 cm)
  • Style:
    Arts and Crafts (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1900-1909
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1900
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Stourbridge, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU9269236663952

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