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An important George V silver-mounted and enamel mazer-bowl Omar Ramsden, London 1937 image 1

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Lot 169

An important George V silver-mounted and enamel mazer-bowl
Omar Ramsden, London 1937

20 May – 3 June 2025, 12:00 BST

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An important George V silver-mounted and enamel mazer-bowl

Omar Ramsden, London 1937
With flared rim supported by cast figural terms above a rope twist and pierced floral and foliate border, the rim inscribed I WAS WROUGHT FOR/WILLIAM RICHARDS, C.B.E., TO/MARK FIFTY YEARS MEMBERSHIP/OF THE ASSOCIATION OF/AVERAGE ADJUSTERS, BY/COMMAND OF THE MEMBERS/AND ASSOCIATES.MAY 1938, mounted to the circular maple body, the base set with a central boss cast as an openwork galleon on a blue enamel ground, the whole raised on a spreading circular foot, diameter 32.25cm.

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Provenance
William Richards, C.B.E. (1864-1939) and then by descent until;
their sale, Christie's, London, Important Silver, 10 June 2008, lot 193, where acquired by Sir Brian Williamson

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