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  George Logan / Glasgow Style / British Arts & Crafts The Grey Bower chair c. 1905

  George Logan (1866–1939) Glasgow, Scotland
  Wylie & Lochhead, Ltd. Glasgow
  British Arts & Crafts Movement/Glasgow Style

  “The Grey Bower” chair, circa 1905.

  Stained beech and contemporary silk upholstery.

  Illustrated in a published drawing “The Grey Bower” by George Logan for Mssrs. Wylie & Lochhead in an article entitled ” A Color Symphony”: The Studio Magazine  1905

  H: 53 3/8” x W: 18” x D: 13 3/4”

  The Glasgow School was a circle of influential modern artists and designers who began to coalesce in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1870s, and flourished from the 1890s to sometime around 1910. Wylie and Lochhead’s output in the Glasgow Style, which was showcased at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition was designed by three young craftsmen – Ernest Archibald Taylor (1874–1951), John Ednie (1876–1934) and George Logan (1866–1939).

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  Whiting / Late 19th Century Sterling dish with pomegranate motif c. 1890

  WHITING MANUFACTURING CO. No. Attleboro, MA

  Footed dish with pomegranate motif c. 1890

  Sterling silver with a hand hammered honey comb surface, applied pomegranate and pomegranate blossom motif

  Marks: Whiting logo (lion with W in oval (manufacturer’s insignia)), STERLING, 757, C

  L: 5″ x D: 4″

  In 1840 Albert Tifft and William Whiting started their business in No. Attleboro MA as a jewelry manufacturing company and then in 1866 created the Whiting Mfg. Co. and expanded production into small hollowware as well. The Gorham Company bought Whiting in 1926 and all operations were then moved to Providence, R.I.