Silver · a closer look
Omar Ramsden & Alwyn Carr mark: Rn & Cr
Mark details
- Period
- Undated
- Wording
- Rn & Cr
- Appearance
- oval
- Place
- London
Dating cue
Captioned hallmark: London 1914.
Notes
into an & Alwyn Carr , 1914 hallmark (born Sheffield, 21 Aug 1873; died , 9 Aug 1939). The son of a silver and electroplate manufacturer, he was apprenticed to a company of silversmiths and attended evening classes at Sheffield School of Art and later at the Royal College of Art in . In 1898 Ramsden set up a partnership with Alwyn Carr in to produce 'fine art' silver. They exploited the fashionable taste for handmade silver of the Arts and Crafts Movement and, with the help of skilled artisans, made articles adapted from Gothic and Renaissance designs with Celtic-style inscriptions, which became their trademark. : MARKS, HALLMARKS, HISTORY