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LIBERTY & CO Rare Box  The design attributed to Charles Francis Annesley Voysey 1857-1941 Silver & enamel Length: 5.7 cm Width: 5.3 cm (2.2 x 2 in) Height: 4cm (1.6 in) Marked: W.H.H for W.H. Haseler Birmingham 1905 Numbered: 5428 Fitted case C.F.A. Voysey worked for Liberty from the late 1880's onwards The design of the enamel is archetypal Voysey & shows great similarity to the 'Stag' originally published as a wallpaper design, see 'The birth of The Studio 1893-1895' page 162 'Some recent designs by Mr. C.F.A. Voysey' The stag is missing from this composition but the birds in flight, both kinds of trees & the swans on the river are all present & in a similar schematic design Literature: cf. Liberty Design, Barbara Morris, 1989, page 22 Art Nouveau 1890-1914, The Victoria & Albert Museum, 2000, page 135 illustrates the Voysey woollen double cloth, 1897 |
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