Archibald Knox (British, 1864-1933); A Four-Piece Silver Coffee Set for Liberty & Co.
BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE MARKS; 1903-5
each piece decorated with turquoise matrix cabochons; comprising; a coffee pot with insulators to handle, Birmingham hallmarks, 'L&Co.' maker's stamp and 'Cymric', date stamp 1903-4; a milk jug with Birmingham hallmarks, 'L&Co.' maker's stamp and 'Cymric', date stamp 1903-4; a sugar with Birmingham hallmarks, 'W.H.H' maker's mark for W H Haseler Ltd. and date stamp 1904-5; and twin handled tray with Birmingham hallmarks, 'L&Co.' maker's stamp and 'Cymric', date stamp 1904-5
Coffee pot height 20.7cm (8¼ in.); tray length 35cm (13¾ in.)
FOOTNOTES
Literature;
An example of this model number '5103' (with differing handle design only) features in Stephen A Martin's 'Archibald Knox', Artmedia Press, London, 2001, p.202
Photograph and description courtesy of Bonhams.
