Details
- Dimensions
- 3.54ʺW × 2.36ʺD × 1.57ʺH
- Period
- 1970s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Crystal
- Enamel
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gold
- Condition Notes
- Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use\. Some wear Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use\. Some wear less
- Description
- An oval, the lid applied with a pink enamel flower and green leaves on which rests a gold butterfly with … more An oval, the lid applied with a pink enamel flower and green leaves on which rests a gold butterfly with pierced wings, twisted rope cagework mounts, the base rim engraved 'Designed & enameled by Philip Barnes, made by Ron Edwards for Algernon Asprey / Algernon Asprey Bruton Street London', maker's mark, Sheffield gold standard marks and date letter. Measures: L 3.5 in. / l 2.5 in. / H 1.5 in. Algernon Asprey was the sixth generations of the family whose name has become internationally known for Fine design and craftsmanship. His father encouraged him to develop his artistic talent and after leaving Charterhouse he spent four years at the Polytechnic School of Art on Regent Street. He joined the family firm as an artist and designer in 1933 and acquired such a reputation as an outstanding designer and goldsmith that he was able to leave the family business in 1971 to set up his own firm, Algernon Asprey Ltd of 27 Bruton Street. His aim was to 'reestablish craftsmanship as it existed in the 18th century. (\.) During the 1880s large workshops were built and a specialist craftsman would spend all day fashioning spoon bowls, for instance, which would be finished by another person, rather than one man creating the entire item from start to finish. This assembly-line piecework caused the disintegration of the crafts in their purest sense.' Asprey worked with well over 100 craftsmen in small workshop throughout the country, as well as his own nucleus of craftsmen in London. Algernon Asprey also designed royal apartments in the Middle East. The firm stopped when Algernon Asprey died. less
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