Silver candlestick

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/1815
• Dates of Creation:1981
• Name of Creator:
  Drew, Roger
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  Tall, arum lily shaped hammered silver candlestick (Edinburgh hallmark, 1981, makers stamp RD) with textured gilt area at base picking out imaginary trail of molten wax.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Roger Drew trained at the Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University. He has worked as a silk-screen printer, graphic designer, silversmith and lecturer, exhibiting and undertaking commissions throughout Britain. He Lives and works in Auchtererder in Perthshire, dividing time between writing and art. Writer of “The Stream's Secret: The Symbolism of Dante Gabriel Rossetti”.Roger won the Johnson Mattey Silver award in 1981.

• Acquisition Information

  Winning piece for a Johnson Mattey Metals award in the Silversmithing Design Competition.

• Note

  Roger Drew trained at the Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University. He has worked as a silk-screen printer, graphic designer, silversmith and lecturer, exhibiting and undertaking commissions throughout Britain. He Lives and works in Auchtererder in Perthshire, dividing time between writing and art. Writer of “The Stream's Secret: The Symbolism of Dante Gabriel Rossetti”.Roger won the Johnson Mattey Silver award in 1981.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Silver and silver gilt
  Dimensions: 300 x 118 x 118 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Metalwork (visual works)

  Silversmithing