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Ashbee chose to work with a few simple elements, such as plain hammered silver, coloured stones set sparingly, in this case lapis lazuli, and fluent, sweeping wire work.  The wire loop handles on this bowl were a characteristic feature of Ashbee's designs.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Ashbee and his fellow guildsmen sought to promote a natural and ethical approach towards craftsmanship.  They adopted the aesthetic principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement in which the transformational potential of creativity was re-integrated into daily life through art. Their social orientation was towards equality and co-operation beyond the workshop.  This was manifest, for instance, in profit-sharing and communal activities such as sport and music making.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>Ashbee and his Guild reacted against mechanical, highly finished silver products manufacture on production lines in large scale factories. It attempted to re-assert the role of the individual craftsmen who could see the creation of an item through from start to finish.  Hammer marks are clearly visible on the surface of this bowl;  a deliberate finish to emphasise that it was hand made.","physicalDescription":"Two handled covered bowl, silver, the cover with a finial set with lapis lazuli.\r\nThe bowl hemispherical with lip, two handles each formed of two wires running parallel but split and widened at the terminals. Three cast ball feet. Slightly domed cover with a cup-shaped finial attached with a screw and wing nut, the cup filled with a hemisphere of lapis-lazuli. U-shaped aperture at one side of the cover for the spoon, straight sided flange. Bowl bowl and cover hand-raised and the planishing marks left on the surface. \r\nThe spoon has a tear-shaped bowl and shaped trifid handle open-set with a hemisphere of lapis lazuli in a slip mount. The sides of the handle faceted and the planishing marks retained.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Ashbee, Charles Robert","id":"A8102"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":"probably"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Guild of Handicraft Ltd","id":"A9111"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"lapis lazuli","id":"AAT11122"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raised","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"planishing","id":"AAT53145"},{"text":"cast","id":"x32615"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver, the cover with a finial set with lapis lazuli","categories":[{"text":"Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AM6815","2006AM6814"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125G (VA)","id":"THES49212"},"free":"","case":"CA8","shelf":"","box":"7"},{"current":{"text":"125G (VA)","id":"THES49212"},"free":"","case":"CA8","shelf":"","box":"7"},{"current":{"text":"125G (VA)","id":"THES49212"},"free":"","case":"CA8","shelf":"","box":"7"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Bowl","id":""}],[{"text":"Lid","id":""}],[{"text":"Spoon","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1904","earliest":"1904-01-01","latest":"1904-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"12.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"with cover","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"19.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"with handles","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"11.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 10/12/1998 by SF","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Maker's mark of the Guild of Handicraft Ltd.","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"1904","earliest":"1904-01-01","latest":"1904-12-31"},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"Date","note":"Date; 1904"}],"objectHistory":"Probably designed by Charles Robert Ashbee (born in Isleworth,near London, 1863, died in Godden Green, Kent, 1942) and made by the Guild of Handicraft Ltd., London","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Two handled bowl, cover and spoon. Silver, the cover with a finial set with lapis lazuli. London, 1904. Maker's mark of the Guild of Handicraft Ltd. Probably designed by C.R. Ashbee.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis bowl exemplifies C.R. Ashbee's Arts and Crafts style. He refined his work to a few simple elements, such as plain hammered metals with coloured stones and enamels used sparingly.  The bowl was made by the Guild of Handicraft after its move to Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire in 1902.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["M.82-1979","M.82A-1979","M.82B-1979"],"accessionNumberNum":"82","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1979,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Bowl","Lid","Spoon"],"assets":["2019LM5738","2019LP6313","2019LP5515","2019LP3659","2019LP2884","2019LP0505","2019LU6035","2019LV6913","2019LV5225"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}