Pair of Arts and Crafts Pewter Salts, early C20th
£45.00
LOT NUMBER 141
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LOT NUMBER 141
Pair of Arts and Crafts Pewter Salts, early C20th
A pair of small salts, pewter and of circular form with brass bands to the top and bottom and inset glass beads in green, red and blue. The rather austere and slightly mediaeval appearance of these salts indicates the influence of the ‘Arts and Crafts’ movement which flourished in Britain from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s. Ornament "must be secondary to the thing decorated", declared the designer Owen Jones, and said there must be “fitness in the ornament to the thing ornamented". Certainly, there are few traces of florid decoration here as is the case with the salt and pepper set elsewhere in this sale. These pieces may date slightly later and there are silver serviette rings in the same format which are hallmarked for 1933 which may explain why they also have a slightly Art Deco feel in their simplicity of design.Size: | H 3 cm Diameter 4.5 cm |
Weight: | 185 grams for both |
Date: | 1930s |
Condition: | Good condition, no issues |
Price: | £45 |