Description: Item: -A SET OF 6 ART NOUVEAU STERLING SILVER AND ENAMEL TEASPOONS BY W.H. HASELER FOR LIBERTY & Co Ltd. THE SPOONS HAVE TAPERING STEMS, TERMINATING WITH BLUE AND GREEN ENAMEL INTERLOCKING ROMBUS SHAPED FINIALS.THE SPOONS ARE STORED IN A FITTED CASE, WITH THE INSIDE OF THE COVER MARKED 'LIBERTY LONDON' BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT.THE SPOONSARE HALLMARKED WITH THE BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE MARK, STERLING SILVER STANDARD MARK, AND DATE LETTER 'P' TO DENOTE 1914. Assay: -.925 Silver. Date: -1914. Engraving: -None. Maker: -W.H. Haseler. William Hair Haseler; W H Haseler Ltd (after c1910) Measurement: -The spoons measure 9.5cm in length. Weight: -40 grams /1.29 troy ounces. Condition: -VERY LIGHT ABRASIONS BUT IN GOOD USED CONDITION & CASE HAS SOME LIGHT MARK'S TO INTERIOR PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONFIRMATION OF CONDITION. WILLIAM HAIR HASELER IS A SILVERSMITH THAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH LIBERTY & Co. W. H. HASELER & Co. WAS FOUNDED IN 1870, PRODUCING GOLD, SILVER, AND JEWELLERY. IN 1898, W.H.HASELER AND LIBERTY WENT INTO PARTNERSHIP, WITH HASELER PRODUCING MOST OF LIBERTY'S SILVERWARE FROM THEIR BIRMINGHAM WORKSHOP. THEY LAUNCHED THE SILVER LINE OF LIBERTY CYMRIC AND THE PEWTER COUNTERPART TUDRIC UNDER A NEW COMPANY NAME OF LIBERTY & Co AND PRODUCED WORKS DESIGNED BY ARCHIBALD KNOX. IN 1901, HASELER SOLD MOST OF THEIR PLANT AND PREMISES IN RETURN FOR 200 WORTH OF SHARES IN LIBERTY & Co. HINKS (1983) ARGUED THAT THIS WAS AN ASTUTE MOVE BY THE FIRM, AS IT [ENABLED] THEM TO PURSUE OWN WORK AND MARK AND MARKET SOME LIBERTY DESIGNS AS THEIR OWN. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FIRMS CONTINUED UNTIL 1926, PRODUCING SOME OF THE FINEST EARLY 20th CENTURY SILVER BRITAIN HAS TO OFFER. PIECES BY W.H.HASELER ARE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE AND SOUGHT-AFTER BY COLLECTORS OF ALL THINGS LIBERTY AND KNOX. MOST ARE ASSAYED FOR BIRMINGHAM, AND BEAR THE MAKERS MARKS W.H.H
Price: 375 GBP
Location: Harwich
End Time: 2025-01-24T11:53:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 34.03 GBP
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Brand: Birmingham
Antique: Yes
Pattern: Nouveau
Composition: Sterling Silver
Style: Art Nouveau
Product: Spoons
Material: Solid Silver
Age: 1900-1940
Maker: William Hair Haseler
