DOI issue:
No. 364 (July 1923)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21398#0073
STUDIO-TALK
“THE SHIP OF GOOD FORTUNE,” SILVER-
GILT CENTREPIECE PRESENTED TO SIR
PERCY COX BY THE BRITISH CHAMBERS
OF COMMERCE IN MESOPOTAMIA. DE-
SIGNED AND EXECUTED BY OMAR RAMSDEN
ports and countries from which the famous
explorers sprang or sailed—the Pomegran-
ate of Spain and Rose of England, the
arms of Bristol, Whitby, Seville, Ply-
mouth, Amsterdam, London, Lisbon, etc.
The panels of the “ main strake ” are
decorated with festoons of the “ Fruits of
the Earth ” in rich repousse work, while
underneath this on a narrow band is 'a
conventional stream symbolising the “End-
less River of Human Endeavour.” a
On page 54 we illustrate another piece
of work by Mr. Ramsden—a cup pre-
sented by H.M. the King for competition
at the Olympia Horse Show in Rome in
May. As the time available was limited, it
was thought best to work upon fairly well-
known lines of English design, in which
full play is given to the natural beauty of
reflections and ductility of form so charac-
teristic of Early English hand-wrought
silver, without the addition of unneces-
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“THE SHIP OF GOOD FORTUNE,” SILVER-
GILT CENTREPIECE PRESENTED TO SIR
PERCY COX BY THE BRITISH CHAMBERS
OF COMMERCE IN MESOPOTAMIA. DE-
SIGNED AND EXECUTED BY OMAR RAMSDEN
ports and countries from which the famous
explorers sprang or sailed—the Pomegran-
ate of Spain and Rose of England, the
arms of Bristol, Whitby, Seville, Ply-
mouth, Amsterdam, London, Lisbon, etc.
The panels of the “ main strake ” are
decorated with festoons of the “ Fruits of
the Earth ” in rich repousse work, while
underneath this on a narrow band is 'a
conventional stream symbolising the “End-
less River of Human Endeavour.” a
On page 54 we illustrate another piece
of work by Mr. Ramsden—a cup pre-
sented by H.M. the King for competition
at the Olympia Horse Show in Rome in
May. As the time available was limited, it
was thought best to work upon fairly well-
known lines of English design, in which
full play is given to the natural beauty of
reflections and ductility of form so charac-
teristic of Early English hand-wrought
silver, without the addition of unneces-
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