An Archibald Knox Cymric silver and enamel photo frame

Price: Sold

For sale is this very good and useful silver photo frame by Archibald Knox, for Liberty & Co’s Cymric range.  The frame is embossed with six classic Knox art nouveau triskelion roundels highlighted with classic blue green Liberty enamels.  The frame is attached to an oak board with six copper pins in the arts and crafts style

The frame appears in the Liberty Silver Sketch Book, Westminster City Archives, London, n.d., p. 276, no. 5292 (with a variant decoration).  This design  was also published in Victor Arwas, Liberty Style, Tokyo, 1983, p. 117, no. S.18 and in Stephen A. Martin, Archibald Knox, London, 2001, pp. 230 and 231 (for related examples).

Both silver and enamels are in excellent condition. The enamels are in original condition with no restoration and minimal damage commensurate with age. The wooden back to the frame is in original and unrestored condition.

An identical frame sold at Sotheby’s New York with further details provided by Dr Steven Martin who helped catalogue the sale.  Click link to view.

Maker: Liberty & Co

Designer: Archibald Knox

Date: 1905

Marks: L & Co, Birmingham, date letter “f ”, Cymric, 500/74

Material: Sterling silver, enamel

Condition: Very good

Size: 19 cm tall, 15 cm wide

Weight : NM