An Arts and Crafts silver twin-handled vase
An Arts & Crafts silver twin handled vase,
maker's mark for Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst Ltd, London 1904 'and signed L.Movio 1904', of tapering form with two cast foliate handles, the body with chased sinuous flowers, in high relief to a planished ground, on a circular foot,
37.5cm high
Provenance: From the private collection and descendant of a past owner of Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst.
The facsimile signature of Latino Movio (1858-1949) has been noted on chased and embossed Arts & Crafts silver pieces hallmarked between 1901 and 1907.
Although very few details about his life and work have come to light, he appears in the 1911 census as an Italian 'artist in metal repousse.'. His son and daughter are recorded living in the same house as a 'brass finisher and chaser' and 'art metal teacher', respectively.
Given the style of his work and the date when his signature begins to appear on silver, it seems probable that he was employed in the workshop of Gilbert Marks, whose output ceased around 1902 because of illness. Further weight is lent to this argument by the fact Movio's facsimile signature turns up on items bearing the 'maker's mark' of Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst for whom Marks worked and at whose showrooms he exhibited his silver from 1896 to 1901. A likely scenario is that Mario continued to work for them (as well as for other retailers) on his own account after leaving the employ of Marks, applying his own signature in the same style, Movio last appeared as a 'chaser' in a 1934 trade directory.
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An Arts & Crafts silver twin handled vase,
maker's mark for Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst Ltd, London 1904 'and signed L.Movio 1904', of tapering form with two cast foliate handles, the body with chased sinuous flowers, in high relief to a planished ground, on a circular foot,
37.5cm high
Provenance: From the private collection and descendant of a past owner of Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst.
The facsimile signature of Latino Movio (1858-1949) has been noted on chased and embossed Arts & Crafts silver pieces hallmarked between 1901 and 1907.
Although very few details about his life and work have come to light, he appears in the 1911 census as an Italian 'artist in metal repousse.'. His son and daughter are recorded living in the same house as a 'brass finisher and chaser' and 'art metal teacher', respectively.
Given the style of his work and the date when his signature begins to appear on silver, it seems probable that he was employed in the workshop of Gilbert Marks, whose output ceased around 1902 because of illness. Further weight is lent to this argument by the fact Movio's facsimile signature turns up on items bearing the 'maker's mark' of Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst for whom Marks worked and at whose showrooms he exhibited his silver from 1896 to 1901. A likely scenario is that Mario continued to work for them (as well as for other retailers) on his own account after leaving the employ of Marks, applying his own signature in the same style, Movio last appeared as a 'chaser' in a 1934 trade directory.
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