Abigail Brown A silver 'Honesty' tray London 2019

Abigail Brown A silver 'Honesty' tray London 2019 Of oval dish form, with a highly stylised and organically shaped recess, with sharp points protruding into the centre, the recess with a brushed surface, the flat rim with further shaped shallow recesses, with hand hammered surface throughout, with areas of engraving, creating a sense of circular movement , height 33.7cm, weight 26oz. Footnotes: Biography Abigail Brown has been producing contemporary designs in silver since 2001. She has exhibited internationally at venues including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Saatchi Gallery, Goldsmiths' Hall and the German Goldsmiths' House in Hanau. Her silverware is widely collected and is included in the public collection of National Museum Wales in Cardiff. She is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths' and she has been granted the Freedom of the City of London. In 2011 Abigail undertook a residency in the Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, in Alaska. Her main focus was the plant life, the tiny tundra plants surviving under huge skies, mountains and weather. She has continued this theme and in 2014 Abigail had the opportunity to work with renowned Silversmith Rod Kelly at the South House Silver Workshop in Shetland. Abigail Brown creates one off and small batch production items of silverware and jewellery. She often works in silver using ancient hammer forming methods that have been in use for millennia, specialising in raising to create beautiful one-off art objects and functional silverware and jewellery For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing