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Lot 178 OMAR RAMSDEN
The son of a Sheffield engraver, Omar Ramsden (1873-1939) spent his childhood in the United States, returning to attend classes at the Sheffield School of Art in 1890 where he met Alwyn Carr. Ramsden and Carr were business partners until 1914 when Carr enlisted in the Artists’ Rifles. The partnership was dissolved in 1919. Ramsden’s business flourished during the First World War and during the 1920s and 1930s, his Fulham workshops employing twenty assistants.
The son of a Sheffield engraver, Omar Ramsden (1873-1939) spent his childhood in the United States, returning to attend classes at the Sheffield School of Art in 1890 where he met Alwyn Carr. Ramsden and Carr were business partners until 1914 when Carr enlisted in the Artists’ Rifles. The partnership was dissolved in 1919. Ramsden’s business flourished during the First World War and during the 1920s and 1930s, his Fulham workshops employing twenty assistants.
A GEORGE V ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE SILVER AND ENAMEL 'QUEEN'S FISH TRAY' DISH
MARK OF OMAR RAMSDEN, LONDON 1934
Closed25 May 2022
Estimate
GBP 2,000–3,000
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Specialist note
One of of four mentioned in Ramsden's workbooks as 'Queen's Fish Tray'; one was 'finished 10-2-34' (Christie's, London, 12 June 2007, lot 12) and three, including this one, were made on 27 April 1935.