An Elizabeth II modernist sterling silver dish, London 1969 by Christopher Nigel Lawrence (b. 1936)

Of circular form with a deep edge, and gently domed interior. The exterior with hammer textured decoration. Fully marked to the interior.
Diameter – 9 cm / 3.55 inches

Weight – 102 grams / 3.28 ozt

Christopher Nigel Lawrence was born in 1936. Studied at the Central School of Arts & Crafts. Christopher established a small workshop in the garden of his home in 1968, but four months later opened a design studio and workshop at nearby Leigh-on-Sea. Galerie Jean Renet, a new gallery in Old Bond Street devoted to contemporary silver and jewellery held a large exhibition of his work in 1970. In 1973 The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths staged a one-man show to commemorate ‘five years of meteoric artistic and commercial development’.