
Theo Raidan
Department Assistant
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£6,000 - £8,000
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Department Assistant

Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Design drawings reproduced by kind permission of Simon Benney. Not included in the lot.
Simon Benney was trained by his father Gerald Benney. By adding texture to his pieces he creates an illusion of depth, and adds colour by means of enamelling to highlight this detail. Alan Evans was one of the original master enamellers with Simon's father Gerald and remains with Simon today.
Benney was the first craftsman to hold four Royal Warrants simultaneously, with Royal Warrants from HM The Queen, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales.
Fabergé had been fragmented for almost 90 years when in 2007 this was reversed with the reunification of the Fabergé name with the Fabergé Family. In 2009 Fabergé was relaunched, and in 2012 launched its first silver collection since the Russian Revolution.
Simon Benney in collaboration with Fabergé launched the successful Constructivist collection of tumblers inspired by Russian Constructivist art, using a complex palette of enamels. The current lot was a prototype for this collection.