This presentation was given by Anthony Bernbaum, founder of the Peartree Collection (http://www.thepeartreecollection.com) on 7th November at Winter Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair. It covers the origins of the arts and crafts movement with a focus on the silver of that movement and illustrates the major silver designers and makers of the period including Charles Ashbee of the Guild of Handicraft, Archibald Knox of Liberty, the Keswick School of Industrial Art and many others. It also looks at the influences and legacy of these pioneers of modern artistic silver.
