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  Sir William Reynold Stephens / British Arts & Crafts Bronze / Copper photo frame 1886

  SIR WILLIAM REYNOLD STEPHENS (1862–1943) London, UK
  BRITISH ARTS & CRAFTS

  Photo frame 1886

  Bronze / copper lost wax casting with an elaborate stage set with a seeded figure and two capitals with mythological telamons, easel back

  Marks: 18 December 1886, W Reynold Stephens London (signature and markings in the cast, bottom left front)

  H: 6 5/8″ x W: 11 1/2″

  Sculptor of decorative works, portraits and monumental figures, goldsmith and painter. Born 8 August 1862 in Detroit, U.S.A., of British parents; his father’s name was Stephens. Educated in England and Germany, then studied at the R.A. Schools and won prizes for sculpture and painting 1887. Assumed the additional name of Reynolds 1890. Exhibited at the R.A. 1886–1942, solely as a sculptor after 1894. Influenced to some extent by Alfred Gilbert and Pre-Raphaelite medievalism. Made many memorials, including those to Sir William Q. Orchardson, R.A., in St Paul’s, and to Archbishop Lord Davidson in the courtyard of Lambeth Palace. In 1904 he designed the chancel screen, reredos and other decorations for the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Great Warley, Essex. F.R.B.S. 1904, P.R.B.S. 1921–33, awarded R.B.S. gold medal 1928; knighted 1931. Died at Tunbridge Wells 23 February 1943.

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  Wolfgang Kreidl / Max Roesler Jugendstil Keramik “Darmstadt” charger c. 1930

  WOLFGANG KREIDL (1906-1972) Dresden, Germany
  MAX ROESLER FEINSTEINGUTFABRIK A.G. Germany

  “Darmstadt” charger c. 1930

  Brown, orange and cream glazed earthenware with a triangle and circle airbrush design, on stand

  Marks: Max Roesler Rodach (shield mark), 9, 2925, 6239 1 (under the glaze)

  Model illustrated: Keramiken der Neuen Sammlung im Internationalen Keramik-Museum Weiden, Hans Wichmann, (Munich: Staatliches Museum für angewandte Kunst, 1990), cover image and p. 65; Design Contra Art Déco: 1927-1932 Jahrfünft der Wende, Hans Wichman (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1993), p. 101.

  For more information about Wolfgang Kreidel and other models with matching air brush design see: Max Roesler, Keramik zwischen Jugendstil und Art Deco, Rolf Peters (Darmstadt: Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, 1998), p. 98-102.

  Dia: 12 5/8”