A pair of silver pricket candlesticks, Christopher Lawrence, London, 1992

circular, lower sections with a band of stylised branches on a matted ground

One edge with a small dent, otherwise excellent condition overall. For further queries regarding this lot please contact the Silver Department directly on +44(0)207.293.5100.
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Christopher Nigel Lawrence was born in 1936 in Cumberland and started making silver items when he was 13 in a workshop at the bottom of his father's garden. At 15, he became apprenticed to C. J. Vander Ltd as a tray maker and flat hammer man, for whom in the 1970s he designed various pieces. Becoming in the 1960s well-known among the craft, he owned his own design studio and workshop with nine employees. He then decided to concentrate on designing new pieces in a smaller workshop. During his carreer, he won 28 prizes in the Goldsmiths' Craft Council competitions and three Jacques Cartier Memorial Awards, designed limited edition pieces for Jean Renet, 1 Old Bond Street, London and held a one-man exhibition at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1973.