Lot 378
- 378
Archibald Knox
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Archibald Knox
- "Cymric" Bowl, Model No. 247
- impressed CYMRIC/L&Co with Birmingham Assay Office marks
- silver, enamel
- 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm) high6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm) diameter
Literature
Liberty Silver Sketch Book, Westminster City Archives, London, n.d., p. 30, no. 2047 (for the model with variant decoration)
Victor Arwas, Liberty Style, Tokyo, 1983, p. 114, no. S.9 (for the model without enamel)
Stephen A. Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 1995, p. 95 (for the model without enamel)
Stephen A. Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 2001, p. 207 (for the model without enamel)
Victor Arwas, Liberty Style, Tokyo, 1983, p. 114, no. S.9 (for the model without enamel)
Stephen A. Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 1995, p. 95 (for the model without enamel)
Stephen A. Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 2001, p. 207 (for the model without enamel)
Catalogue Note
This elegant design succeeds by a restrained presentation of form. The simplicity of its looped feet and entrelac lozenge are placed within a small field of colored enamel - Knox at his most modern. The work also suggests the "spirit of Man," calling to mind the cauldron of Manannán mac Lir, the sea god who gives the island its name. His cauldron, like the Holy Grail, bestows everlasting life to all those in contact with it. The combination of formal and mytho-poetic elements ennobles this deceptively restrained form.