Category: Silverware

A beautiful set comprising a water jug and four beakers. The enamelled design features kingfishers, water rail, mandarin ducks, and a background of weeping willow and yellow flags. Silver, silver gilt, 18ct gold, and enamel with 22ct gold cloissons.

Conkers in the form of fine silver sheet are applied to the beaker and then enamelled. Silver wires are applied, and leaves are hand carved to give interest and texture to the background. Silver, silver gilt, 22ct gold, and enamel.

Standing 51cm high, these enamelled vases are designed with game birds and plant life from the British Isles, with a particular reference to Scotland, and include 25 types of birds, with a total of 41 birds over the two vases.

Fred was awarded the Jacques Cartier Memorial Award for these vases in 2021. He is the only person to have been awarded this 4 times since it’s inception in 1958, and he was completely bowled over by comments from the judges. In their opinion there is no one in the world producing work of this quality in terms of design and craftsmanship, nor has there been in the past. This is high praise indeed and reflects the thousands of hours it took to design and produce this magnificent pair of vases. Believe it or not, there is over 100 meters of 22 carat gold cloisonné wire in the two vases.

This beautiful beaker is a complex weave of the amazing colours that can be seen in the hedgerows when walking through the countryside. Fred didn’t want to be too pictorial and so this is more to do with veiled details – a tangled mass of nature revealing hidden textures and pattern and colours where you least expect them.

Silver, silver gilt, and enamel with 22ct gold cloissons.

A delightful little beaker enamelled with a honeycomb background. Silver, silver gilt, and enamel with 22ct gold cloissons.

The second Street Tweets beaker, an abstract piece inspired by Fred’s frustration with walking along London’s pavements having to negotiate his way around those oblivious to the outside world transfixed on their mobile phones. Note the gold headphones.

Silver, ruthenium plate, 18 ct gold, and enamel with 22 ct gold cloissons.

An abstract piece inspired by the soaring song of skylarks above a patchwork of pastel coloured pastures.

Silver, silver gilt, 22 carat gold, and enamel.

Inspired by Fred’s frustration with walking along London’s pavements having to negotiate his way around those oblivious to the outside world transfixed on their mobile phones. Silver, ruthenium plate, and enamel with 22 ct gold cloissons.

A reflection on one’s place in the cosmos. Silver, silver gilt, 18ct yellow and white gold, and enamel. Height approx.. 11cm.

A pair of tankards celebrating Jimi Hendrix & Eric Clapton through a depiction of some of their iconic guitars. These include ‘Blackie’, ‘Ivan the Terrible’, and ‘Love Drops’. Silver, silver gilt, 18ct yellow & white gold, 22ct gold, and enamel. The coloured hands represent ‘the blues’, and 18ct white gold has been used for some of the ‘steel’ guitar strings.