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Click here to subscribeA Victorian silver gilt presentation cup and cover, of a hexagonal lobed form, embossed with foliate scrollwork, on a baluster stem and raised circular shaped foot, the pull off cover with matching decoration, the foot rim engraved with presentation text, London 1856, maker Robert Garrard, the base rim stamped R & S Garrard, Payton Street, London, height 50cm, weight 61ozs, complete with wooden plinth and case (4).
A pair of late 19th century gold, silver and diamond drops, mounted as a pair of earrings, each with a central drop within a tear-shaped frame with round old brilliant-cut diamonds estimated to weigh a total of 1.5cts, 30mm overall length of drops and fitted case.
Archibald Knox (1864 -1933) An extensive open landscape with hills beyond watercolour 42.5 x 55.5cm. Provenance lots 484-492 Each picture has a printed label of the Manx Museum and Art Gallery stating “This picture is the work of Archibald Knox. It is one of the paintings handed over to the Manx Museum by the family of the artist for sale; The proceeds of which will form the Archibald Knox endowment fund at the museum: A. M. Cubbow - Director.”1959 Peter Gelling Esq., Manxman, antiquarian, archaeologist. Thence by family descent. Archibald Knox was born on the 9th April 1864 at Cronkbourne, near Tromode, Isle of Man. He was educated at Douglas Grammar School and in 1882 was appointed as a pupil teacher at Douglas School of Art on condition of a free studentship. A main interest was in Celtic design which was later reflected in his work for Liberty’s. In 1897 Knox left the island to teach at Redhill School of Art where his friend and fellow Manxman, A. J. Collister, was headmaster. It was around this time that he began work as a freelance designer for Liberty & Co. In 1904 Knox was teaching at Kingston and Wimbledon Schools of Art. In 1912, following a dispute with the South Kensington examiners, Knox, with a group of fellow students, started The Knox School of Craft Design. Although known for his Art Nouveau designs in silver, pewter and enamels, Knox is best remembered on the Isle of Man as a watercolourist and graphic designer. His watercolours were hown at the Annual Knox Guild of Craft and Design Exhibition and in 1926 eighty of his watercolours were exhibited at the Canadian National Gallery in Ottowa at the specific request of the director there. Knox rarely sold his watercolours, insisting he was ‘capable of better’ and that it was necessary to retain ‘studies’ to learn from his faults. Archibald Knox died on 22nd February 1933 at Douglas, Isle of Man.
A pair of Victorian silver salts of compressed circular form, with gadrooned rims, raised on pad feet, London 1871, Makers Mark B H, 5½cm diameter, in fitted case, together with a silver caddy spoon, 1870, and a sterling silver propelling pen/pencil in foliate engraved case with bloodstone finial.
An Edward VII silver and tortoiseshell piquet work circular powder box, the cover with an inner mirror, complete with small powder puff, London 1901, Makers Mark C & A, 4cm diameter; together with another similar, the cover inlaid with an orb, hallmark rubbed c1910. (2).
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