An Alfred Grove silver modernist toast rack

Price: Sold

For sale is this large, rare, modernist silver toast rack by Alfred Grove.  By repute Grove was art master at Bideford School of Art after 1945, teaching metalwork.   My further research has proven unsuccessful.  The toast rack is fully hallmarked for London 1966.  The design is very simple and all the more elegant for it, using thick strips of silver curled over and set in the rectangular base frame.  Condition is excellent and it is a good gauge.

Maker:  Alfred Grove

Designer:  Alfred Grove

Date: 1966

Marks: AG, London, “l”

Material: Sterling silver

Condition: Excellent

Size: 16.0 cm long, 13.0 cm high

Weight: 204 grams, 7.2 oz