Early 20th century, the frame featuring six roundels featuring relief foliate scrolls within banded borders, with central convex plate and oak backing, unmarked.

Dimensions: 49cm diameter

The Artificers' Guild was founded by Nelson Dawson in Chiswick, London, in 1901, passing to Montague Fordham in 1903 before Edward Spencer was appointed Director in 1906; it proved a successful venture, deriving inspiration from the Arts & Crafts movement and at its peak had a staff of forty as well as taking on orphaned boys as apprentices; its work was featured in the influential periodical The Studio and exhibitions were held at the Fordham Gallery alongside major names of the Arts & Crafts movement; it closed down following the outbreak of WWII.