Antique Silver Arts & Crafts Box - Omar Ramsden

This is a gorgeous example of an Arts & Crafts antique tea caddy/lidded box by the highly sought-after silversmith, Omar Ramsden. It is clearly hallmarked on the base for London 1912 with the maker's mark for Ramsden & Carr and the inscription 'Omar Ramsden et Alwyn Carr me Fecerunt Mcmxiii'. The body is hammered and chased with an armorial and inscribed within a banner: 'I was wrought for Betty by Desire of Her Cousins, 1913' on the planished ground. The finial is set with an abalone shell. The Motto and crest are for the Watsons of Conington, Cambrindgeshire.