The Sea Beaker

Mermaids, waves and fish feature in the decoration of this Sea Beaker. The piece is the result of a collaboration between three distinguished practitioners. Its delicate, pictorial style is one of the best examples of the earlier work of Richard Yorke Gleadowe (1888-1944). He was one of the most able designers of British silverware of the 1920s and 1930s. He also had a distinguished teaching career as Art Master at Winchester College and, later, Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford. The beaker was made by Harry George Murphy (1884-1939), a silversmith and jeweller who studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. George T. Friend (1882-1969), who engraved it, was the most accomplished e

Beaker · London · 1933-1934. Silver. By Murphy, Harry George. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.