Robert Fead Mosely is renown for being the first company to manufacture and market cutlery made from Stainless Steel. However, he was also a maker of silver and other metals such as the copper shield shaped plaque below.
Robert Fead Mosely silver makers mark circa 1907
A silver two-handle tray by Robert Fead Mosley & Co, Sheffield 1919 Oval shaped form with a pierced scrolling gallery and acanthus scroll rim, the border with integral handles, centred with engraved acanthus scrolling decoration embellished with husks, on bun feet, length 64cm, weight 92oz.
Sold for £ 1,375 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2015
A SHIELD-SHAPED COPPER PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THE BOER WAR Cast by R-F. Mosley & Co Cast to the centre with a group of soldiers from the various regiments from around the Empire, beneath the motto ‘No Distance breaks the tie of Blood the Brothers are Brothers Evermore’, surrounded by portrait reliefs of the main commanders including Kitchener and Roberts, scenes from the action, and three portrait reliefs of the generals who died during the war 95 cm. (37 1/2 in.) high
Sold for AUD 2,115 at Christies in 2001
Pair of Edwardian Sterling Silver Salt Cellars hallmarked Sheffield, 1907-1908, by Robert Fead Mosley & Co. (fl. 1864-1935), in the neoclassical taste, reticulated navette pedestal form, with outscrolled ends and beaded wavy rim, the body with embossed floral swags, raised on an oval gadrooned pedestal base, fitted with conforming cobalt glass liners. h. 2-1/8″, l. 4-7/8″, w. 2-1/2″; 4.48 total t. oz. (excluding liners)
Sold for $175 at New Orleans Auction Galleries in 2018
