Price: Sold

A striking modernist geometric tea and coffee set by Charles Boyton.  The set comprises three pieces, a teapot, milk jug, and sugar bowl.   The design of each piece uses a complex pattern of triangular geometric shapes. The handles of the sugar and jug all impressed with deco style fan design.  Overall this is a later deco period design, showing the influence of more futurist geometric designs.

All pieces are fully assayed for Charles Boyton 1932 and carry his facsimile signature.  This set is very similar to the larger set at A1154.  The teapot for this 1932 set has a more modernist design with flat top and square knob handle.  It is also a very good gauge of silver, with a slightly longer teapot.

Charles Boyton was a long established traditional Victorian silver manufacture.  The third generation Charles Boyton III left the company in the late 1920’s and formed his own business in Marylebone Lane with a retail outlet in Wigmore Street. He famously produced innovative high quality art deco pieces (rare in English silver) which were engraved with a facsimile of his signature. This ceased trading around 1948.  He is most famous for his exceptional deco, cubist and geometric tea and coffee sets of which this is a rare example.

Condition is excellent.

Maker: Charles Boyton

Designer:  Charles Boyton

Date:  1932

Marks: CB&S, London, r , signature (all pieces)

Material: Sterling silver

Condition: Excellent

Size: Teapot 10.5 cm tall, 24cm max width.

Weight: Teapot 515 g, 18.2 oz;  Sugar 5.8 0z, 165 grams; Jug 140 g 4.9 oz