JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 27 August 2024 - 10:00 AM start
An Arts and Crafts hammered copper candlestick by Arthur John Seward,
Realised: $260 plus premium
Lot Details
tapered strap form with dished sconce and circular domed base, hammered finish with copper rivet construction. Impressed maker's marks. H.275mm. Note: Seaward was based at the Birmingham School of Arts & Crafts for some years. In 1891 he won a medal for a ‘metal photo frame’ in the ‘Co-operative Festival’, Birmingham. By around 1902 he was making Arts & Crafts metalwork pieces on a small scale; these often bear his ‘HS’ monogram Trademark as this candlestick does, standing for ‘Home-Spun’. This stick bears the registration number 392927, indicating the design was registered in 1902.
