A George VI sterling silver ‘Arts and Crafts’ small dish, London 1937 by Robert Edgar Stone

Of quaich form, fluted circular body with dished centre with applied curved ribbed handles. Fully marked to side and with facsimile signature R E Stone underneath.

Length – 11.7 cm / 4.7 inches

Weight – 76 grams / 2.44 ozt

“Robert Edgar Stone, born 1903 died 1990. Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. He normally stamped his pieces with a facsimile signature. After serving an apprenticeship he held all the Goldsmiths Company scholarships whilst at the Central School of Arts & Crafts, London. He founded his own workshop in 1929. He practised at 22 Garrick Street London WC2 where he trained several silversmiths such as Ian Calvert and his daughter Jean who worked with him as a jeweller. George Hughes (Goldsmiths Assistant Clerk 1919-39 Clerk 1939-at least 1953) remarked of him "He has been one of the most constant supporters of the silver revival."