Treat yourself to… the Arts and Crafts look at home this winter
18 December 2020 Decorative art designs from the Arts and Crafts movement from the mid-19th to the early-20th century are still extremely popular with collectors, decorators and interior design enthusiasts.
A Guild of Handicraft silver cream jug estimated at £700-1000 at Clarke’s in Semley, Dorset.
A quote from the major proponent of the movement William Morris, is often used: “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
Here is a selection of Arts and Crafts inspired pieces that are useful, beautiful or both, coming up for auction.
1. Guild of Handicraft silver jug
Designer and architect Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) was influenced by Morris and John Ruskin. He set up the Guild of Handicraft in London in 1888, and later moved it to Chipping Campden in the Cotswold in 1902.
This 3½in (9cm) Guild of Handicraft (London 1906) silver cream jug (pictured above) decorated with amethyst cabochons designed by Ashbee comes for sale at Clarke’s in Semley, Dorset, on December 30-31 with a guide of £700-1000.
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2. Arts & Crafts style armchair
An early 20th century Arts & Crafts style open armchair estimated at £50-80.
This early 20th century Arts & Crafts style open armchair with shaped top rail above a central rectangular slat back and swept arms is 44in (1.2m) high. To be sold as seen at auction by Claydon Auctioneers on January 9 it has an estimate of £50-80.
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3. Arts and Crafts silver caddy spoon
An Arts and Crafts silver caddy spoon estimated at £150-200.
This Arts and Crafts silver caddy spoon is by AE Jones and is marked for Birmingham 1908. The heart-shaped bowl, scroll handle with scroll supports is around 2¾ in (7cm) long and is estimated at £150-200 at Woolley & Wallis on January 26-27.
An Arts and Crafts silver caddy spoon estimated at £150-200
4. Cotswold school stick stand
A late 19th or early 20th century stickstand with an estimate of £400-600.
The Cotswold School was a development of the Arts and Craft movement started largely by Ernest Gimson and the brothers Sidney and Ernest Barnsley. There are many pieces of furniture in this style offered at auction.
Many items of original furniture are selling into the hundreds or even thousands as their popularity continues.
A smaller piece of furniture that is indeed useful to store umbrellas is a stickstand and this version is late 19th or early 20th century of slatted chamfered form with a copper lift-out tray. The 33.5in (85cm) high stand is offered at Woolley & Wallis on January 13-14 with an estimate of £400-600.
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