GOLD AND PEARL RING, OMAR RAMSDEN, CIRCA 1936

Designed as a pair of opposing seahorses framing a single pearl, size L, inscribed 14th July 1933, Omar Ramsden me fecit, British hallmarks for London 1933 and maker's mark for Omar Ramsden.

Overall very good condition, with some slight scratches to inside of shank commensurate with age and wear ,inscribed 14th July 1933, Omar Ramsden me fecit, British hallmarks for London 1933 for 18ct gold and make's mark for Omar Ramsden.
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Pearl untested.

Omar Ramsden, the renowned Arts and Crafts silversmith and jeweller, was born in 1873 in Sheffield. He started his career as a silversmith in 1887 and attended classes at the Sheffield School of Art from 1888. It was here that he met his business colleague, Alwyn Carr. In 1897, Ramsden received both a silver medal and a twenty-one pound prize, for his design for a mace. It was during a six month tour of Europe, with Carr, that Ramsden developed his retrospective style, focusing on the aesthetic of Medieval, Continental silver. In 1898, Ramsden and Carr set up a studio together in Chelsea and then Fulham. The partnership ended in 1919, but Ramsden continued to produce silver, and more rarely jewellery, until his death in 1939.

Ramsden's work encapsulates much of the romanticism of the Arts and Crafts. The ring, as with much of his work, is marked, 'Omar Ramsden Me Fecit', a Latin inscription which translates as 'Omar Ramsden made me', a sentiment that illustrates Ramsden's constant focus on quality and craftsmanship thus maintaining the links between the object and the artist.