This mustard was on loan to the “Cockneys in Arcadia; C R Ashbee in Chipping Campden” Exhibition at Court Barn Museum 7th April to 9th July.

This major exhibition celebrating a decade of Court Barn is curated by experts Alan Crawford and Mary Greensted and is the first to showcase C R Ashbee’s Campden period and will include the full range of Ashbee’s work during that time, as a designer of furniture, metalwork, silver, jewellery and printed books.

Sold is a Charles Ashbee for the Guild of Handicraft silver mustard set with a red garnet.  A really beautiful piece that has both a modernist and jewel like quality.  The mustard is with a replacement Powell liner and a modern Guild of Handicraft spoon.

Price: Sold

Maker: Guild of Handicrafts Limited

Designer: Charles Ashbee

Date: 1902

Marks: GofH Ltd, London, “g”

Material: Sterling Silver, Garnet

Condition: Excellent

Size: 8cm high, 8cm diameter across handle

Weight: 3.3 oz, 94g (silver only)