Arts and Crafts Fender

An outstanding arts and crafts fender. As good as it gets. Enamelled metal decorative plant like decoration. The metal underneath the enamel appears to be copper. The whole of the fender has the look and feel of pewter. Its clearly an alloy and made to look like it does. The beaten copper decoration along the top of the fender is actually pressed metal to resemble beaten copper. One can see this more clearly in the last three photos. The decorative panels are riveted through to the other side and held with nuts and bolts. There is no other example to compare this to. Food for thought; Clearly copying the Guild of Handicraft but in a more manufactured way. The decorative plants one could argue are very much in the manner of John Pearson . The enamel one could say is very similar to the Pewter Liberty pieces by A.Knox with enamel decoration. The actual moulding of the base of the fender is very similar to a known model of a clock by Libertys. So one could argue as to a Libertys attribution albeit at this stage of the listing. If any further evidence came to light in the future then the description would reflect this. Without prejudice, for listing purposes and a gut feeling its being listed as Libertys for the time being.