C F A Voysey for Thomas Elsley. An heart-shaped coal shovel and a matching tongs

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Charles Francis Annesley Voysey for Thomas Elsley, Heart shaped coal shovel and a matching tongs, note the subtle shapes to the handles and the subtle shape to the tongs just where ones hand would be, with three cold rivets where the sprung part meets each tong. A pleasure to hold. See Gilbert, Christopher ‘Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall’, vol 1, p. 145, no. 172 An example exhibited in the Arts and Crafts Society Exhibition, 1902. Length 66cm and 63.5cm.

Maker
Thomas Elsley
Designer
CFA Voysey
Period
Arts & Crafts Movement

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