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 | William Phipps
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William Phipps was born in 1936 and was apprenticed to church silversmith Michael Murray before opening his own workshop in Clerkenwell. He has made a speciality of hand-forged silver, a technique where, using a heavy hammer, the silver is hand-beaten into shape while hot. This traditional skill for producing cutlery is now rare, producing utensils which resonate with their human crafting. As a member of the Association of British Designer-Silversmiths he was asked, with 36 other silversmiths, to make the Millennium Canteen for Sheffield City Council and he produced a fine pair of fish knife and fork. Phipps has taught part-time at the Christopher Wren School and Camberwell College of Art, London and is a member of the Art Worker's Guild. He is a Freeman of both the City of London and the Worshipful Company of Silversmiths and his work can be seen at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Birmingham City Art Gallery; Gateshead Museum; Crafts Council Collection and at Goldsmith's Hall.
Personal statement: "All work is either hand-forged, in the case of cutlery, out of single solid pieces of bar, or else hand raised and planished as in the case of bowls and goblets etc."
William Phipps died in October 2009
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 | Millenium Canteen Catalogue
Sheffield City Council
commissioned a canteen
to be made for the Millenium
Including work by Brian Asquith, Michael Bolton,
William Phipps, Richard Fox, Julie Chamberlain
In total 37 Silversmiths
Well illustrated Catalogue
£10
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Hand Forged Silver Spoon
London 1976
William Phipps
Length: 19.5cm
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 | Hand Forged Silver Small Spoon
London 1978
William Phipps
Length: 10cm
SOLD
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Hand Forged Small Silver Spoon
London 1979
William Phipps
Length: 9.25cm
SOLD
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 | Hand Forged Silver Spoon
London 1976
William Phipps
Length: 14.5cm
SOLD
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Hand Forged Silver Condiment Spoon
London 1979
William Phipps
Length: 9.25cm
SOLD
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 | Heavy Hand Forged Ratail Silver Spoon
London 1976
William Phipps
Length: 15.5cm
SOLD
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Hand Forged Silver Spoon
London 1976
William Phipps
Length:15.5cm
SOLD
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 | Hand Forged Heavy Rattail Spoon
London 1975
William Phipps
Length: 15cm
SOLD
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Hand Forged Silver Spoon
London 1975
William Phipps
Length: 5.5cm
SOLD
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 | Heavy Hand Forged Rattail Silver Serving Spoon
London 1976
William Phipps
Length: 19½cm
SOLD
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Heavy Hand Forged Rattail Silver Spoon
London 1973
William Phipps
Length: 14cm
SOLD
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