425 - Charles Boyton: a silver goblet vase, the drawn trumpet bowl on fruiting vine knop and spreading foot, the hallmark with facsimile signature, London 1930, height 22.4cm. £800-£1,200

Charles Boyton: a silver goblet vase, the drawn trumpet bowl on fruiting vine knop and spreading foot, the hallmark with facsimile signature, London 1930, height 22.4cm. £800-£1,200 --- Charles Boyton & Sons were a four generational London family silversmiths, first registering their hallmark in 1825. Originally operating as traditional Victorian workshops in the manufacturing hubs of Clerkenwell and Soho, the family firm eventually transformed into a celebrated name in avant-garde design. The lineage reached its artistic peak under Charles Boyton III, who broke away from the family firm in 1934 to open an independent business in Marylebone Lane. It was at these premises that Boyton produced hand-wrought pieces hallmarked with his mark ‘CB’ and engraved with his facsimile signature. Boyton is remarkable for having one of the few workshops to operate in Britain between the wars producing high-quality silver in the modern style. When war was declared in 1939, Boyton’s staff were conscripted and he was forced to close his workshops, moving his family to Suffolk. Condition Report Weight 14.7 troy oz. ------ For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneer's website, www.noonans.co.uk