ERIC CLEMENTS FOR MAPPIN & WEBB AND ELKINGTON & CO: a silver five-piece tea and coffee service Sh...

ERIC CLEMENTS FOR MAPPIN & WEBB AND ELKINGTON & CO: a silver five-piece tea and coffee service Sheffield 1964 / 1965, for Mappin & Webb, one pot Sheffield 1969, for Elkington & Co, also stamped with facsimile signature for Eric Clements Comprising tea, hot water and coffee pots, two-handled sugar bowl and a cream jug, each plain polished baluster form, with flying scroll handles, the pots with pull-off covers and finials, weight total 81.5oz . (5) Footnotes: The 'Clements' service was designed in 1960 and was mainly produced in EPNS. ERIC CLEMENTS (1925-2019) Eric Clements, born 1925, studied at the Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts and later at the Royal College of Art. In 1948 he won a travelling scholarship and spent three weeks in Scandinavia: a trip that was to influence his designs. He won numerous prizes for his silver, and in 1957 he was appointed Design Consultant to Mappin & Webb. It was here in 1960 that he produced the design for the current lot; the 'Clements' tea service as it was called. It is mainly found in EPNS, with silver examples turning up occasionally. Literature Andrew, J., and Styles, D., Designer British Silver, Antique Collector's Club, 2015, pages 128-135; 'Eric Clements Silver & Design 1950-2000' Birmingham 2001. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com