A Yattendon copper twin-handled vase designed by Mrs Alfred Waterhouse, tapering cylindrical from with applied handles, hammered in low relief with stylised flowers and foliage and scroll inscribed Benevolentia, another larger brass vase with foliate design, a Newlyn Industrial Classes plate decorated with fish, a Keswick School of Industrial Arts brass box and cover, pair of Aesthetic Movement brass planters and a collection of various metalware, main item unsigned, various makers marks, 22cm. high, (a lot) Literature Liberty's 1875-1975 Victoria & Albert Museum, July-October 1975, page 40 catalogue number C27 for a comparable Yattendon vase illustrated. Provenance The David Coachworth & Peter Myers Collection

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