Tag: Archibald Knox

Antique tankards in silver with interesting motifs and decorations. At least I think they are interesting.

Cymric tankard. Silver decorated with enamel, featuring pear-shaped cabochons of azurmalachite and lapis lazuli. 1902. Arts and Crafts. Scottish/Manx. Designed by Archibald Knox (1864-1933) for Liberty of London, Ltd. Birmingham. Marked CYMRIC. Image © Bonhams 2001-2023. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28361/lot/3/an-english-arts-and-crafts-enamel-decorated-silver-cymric-tankard-designed-by-archibald-knox-by-liberty-and-co-ltd-birmingham-1902/
Antique horse race tankard with a German Imperial Association. Silver with straight and paneled sides with a low-relief frieze with branch borders depicting galloping riders, racing through the countryside with trees and buildings in the background. Split mounted s-scroll handle with thumb rest, the bottom with an applied branch and leaf border and open supports. Hinged cover that is bellied with imbricated leaf rim; on top is a cast finial in the form of a mounted jockey and an engraved phrase citing Kaiser Wilhelm I in an illusion to an officers race in Meresberg, a town in what is now south-western Germany. The inscribed phrase reading: Kaiser Wilhelm dem Sieger in dem Offizier-Rennen zu Meresburg am 2 Juni 1878. Unmarked. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2023. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/antique-horse-race-tankard-german-imperial-association/id-f_31880352/#skuId=f_31880352S1

Silver tankard. 1878. Made in Moscow, Russia by Ivan Kuzminin. Maker’s marks: stamped MOSCOW 1878. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2023. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/serving-pieces/tankard-ivan-kuzminin-1875-1895-moscow-1878/id-f_32151442/#skuId=f_32151442S1

Decorated spoons in enamel and silver decorated in ice cream colors from just a little while back. English.

Set of six silver spoons with guilloché enamel decoration to the outside of their bowls with each adorned with enamel in a different color, and the end of the handle of each with a ball of a conforming color affixed. 1933. Made in Birmingham, England. Turner and Simpson, silversmiths. Maker’s marks: hallmark for the silversmith; Birmingham date mark of 1933. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/set-of-six-birmingham-coloured-enamel-silver-spoons/id-f_24066812/#skuId=f_24066812S1
Set of six cymric silver and enamel coffeespoons, each with tendrils issuing from the bowl forming the handle with stylized floral decoration in blue and green enamel to the terminal end in an original Liberty and Company fitted leather case. 1904-1905. British. Archibald Knox (1864-1933), designer for Liberty of London. Maker’s marks: (lion passant), (anchor), “Liberty and Company, e, CYMRIC”. Image © 2021 Heritage Auctions. Fair use license. via https://fineart.ha.com/itm/silver-and-vertu/flatware/a-set-of-six-liberty-and-co-cymric-silver-and-enameled-coffee-spoons-designed-by-archibald-knox-/a/5212-75041.s


Set of six silver and enamel teaspoons each with a green and blue enameled design on the handle that come in their original fitted case. 1927. Made in Birmingham, England. Liberty and Company, makers. Image © 2021 John Bull (Antiques) Ltd. Fair use license. via https://antique-silver.co.uk/john-bull-antiques/arts-crafts-art-nouveau-art-deco/6-liberty-co-arts-crafts-silver-enamel-tea-spoon-teaspoon-set-birm-1927

“Tudric” pewter from Liberty and Company of London. Part of the Arts and Crafts movement and made around 1902.

Vase with a flared trumpet form, model number "01040." ca. 1902.
Vase with a flared trumpet form, model number “01040.” ca. 1902. Pierced body cast with ascending plants, raised on a spreading foot. Manufacturers marks on the underside. Image © Toovey’s 2017-2019. Fair use license. via https://www.tooveys.com/lots/404547/a-liberty-and-co-tudric-pewter-vase-of-flared-trumpet-form

Butter dish. Open tri-handle form with stylized honesty leaves in relief and its original Powell glass liner. ca. 1902-05.
Butter dish. Open tri-handle form with stylized honesty leaves in relief and its original Powell glass liner. ca. 1902-05. Archibald Knox, designer. Marks beneath with model number 0162. Image © 1998-2019 cherubsantiquegallery.com. Fair use license. via https://www.cherubantiquesgallery.com/items/1394720/Archibald-Knox-Liberty-Tudric-Butter-Dish

Closed-case clock. Embossed Celtic knot design and a clock face enameled in blue, green and copper. ca. 1902.
Closed-case clock. Embossed Celtic knot design and a clock face enameled in blue, green and copper. ca. 1902. Archibald Knox, designer. Image courtesy Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, N.J. Image © 2007-2018 LiveAuctioneers. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/be-smart/archibald-knox-and-his-timeless-tudric-ware/

Satin finish pewter vase with three handles, style #030. ca. 1903.
Satin finish pewter vase with three handles, style #030. ca. 1903. Signed on the bottom production “0” Tudric and 030 style number. Image © 2019, Greenans Cottage. Fair use license. via

Biscuit box with a Repoussé pattern of stylized flowers.
Biscuit box with a repoussé pattern of stylized flowers, model 0194.Early 20th c. Archibald Knox, designer. Stamped “TUDRIC ENGLISH PEWTER, LIBERTY & CO.” Image ©2019 LoveAntiques.com. Fair use license. via https://www.loveantiques.com/antique-metalware/pewter/arts-and-crafts-liberty-and-co-tudric-pewter-biscuit-box-by-archibald-knox-118379