Silver bowl and cover, by Charles Robert Ashbee

Bowl and Cover. Sugar Basin. Ashbee, Charles Robert, designer (British, 1863-1942). Guild of Handicraft Ltd. The shallow circular bowl stands on a spreading trumpet foot between two wide loop handles, which divide and have stylized flowers where they join the rim and foot. The low cover has a rope border enclosing a dappled green enamelled centre with capstan-shaped knob set with mother-of-pearl. Silver, raised, green enamel cover and mother-of pearl knob, height, to top of finial, 10 cm, width, across the handles, 25.2 cm, weight 330 g, 1906-1907. Arts and Crafts movement. Note: The Guild of Handicraft Ltd. worked from Essex House, Chipping Camden.

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• Accession Number: M.1 & A-1978
• Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
• Aperture: f/27.0
• Focal length: 120
• Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
• Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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• Exposure time: 1/60
• ISO Speed: 100
• Fnumber: 27/1

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