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MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN CHARLES ELLISON CARR, LONDON, 1914
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AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF GEORGE V SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDLEABRA
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN CHARLES ELLISON CARR, LONDON, 1914
Each with a domed circular rose and briar decorated base supporting the similarly decorated baluster stem, the detachable candlearm with a central sconce and four reeded arms, each terminating in a rose decorated sconce with a twisted wire motif border, with a hammered finish, the bases loaded, marked on base and candlearm, the candlearm further engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ET ALWYN CARR ME FECERUNT MCMXIV'
27½ in. (69.5 cm.) high (2)
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN CHARLES ELLISON CARR, LONDON, 1914
Each with a domed circular rose and briar decorated base supporting the similarly decorated baluster stem, the detachable candlearm with a central sconce and four reeded arms, each terminating in a rose decorated sconce with a twisted wire motif border, with a hammered finish, the bases loaded, marked on base and candlearm, the candlearm further engraved 'OMAR RAMSDEN ET ALWYN CARR ME FECERUNT MCMXIV'
27½ in. (69.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Reportedly part of a service commissioned from Ramsden and Carr between 1906 and 1922 by Martin de German-Ribon, O.B.E.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Monaco, 4 December 1989, lot 918
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Monaco, 4 December 1989, lot 918
Literature
Eric Turner and Lynn Springer Roberts, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From the Campbell Collection, David A. Hanks & Associates, New York, 1992, p. 30-31
Exhibited
Chicago, Montreal, Nashville, Williamstown, and Toronto, English Silver, Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden From The Campbell Collection, no. 11
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.