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Charles Ashbee – Silver and Glass Inkwell
| Categories | Glass - Non-figural |
| Material | Glass, Silver |
| Markings | G of H Ltd, London, date letter “h” to lid and base |
| Manufacturer | Charles Ashbee |
| Origin | England |
| Date or Era | 1903 |
| Measuring | Size: 8.5cm square, 9cm tall (3 ⅜” square; 3 ½” tall) |
A Guild of Handicrafts silver and glass inkwell with Chrysoprase finial dated London 1903. The glass is believed to be from the Whitefriars factory and modelled from a whisky bottle design of that period. This piece is attributed to Charles Ashbee and believed to have been exhibited in the 1903 Arts and Crafts Society Exhibition and commented on by the Studio Journal, February 1904.
Text from the Studio Journal February 1904 describes the Ashbee inkwell as follows “The use of a single jewel like enamel, well chosen as to its colour and position in dainty pieces of silverware for the table, was happily demonstrated in several small exhibits, of which the ink bottle in green glass with the note of green repeated in the little knob of the lid…were among the most praiseworthy.”
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