A Sterling Silver Arts & Crafts Style Baby Rattle sub-Curios and handbags in general were

and handbags in general were a less practical affair than they are today

In 1937 Thomas Froggatt sold the company to Hiatt

of solid construction

enclosing a central panel composed of six medallions describing mediaeval scenes of beneficent men offering alms to the poor and needy

and the two that flank it bear deep blue grounds

A Sterling Silver Arts & Crafts Style Baby Rattle sub-Curios and handbags in general wereAn unusual and highly stylized rattle, the head forming an open swirl, enclosing a stone ball, with a moulded piece of purple glass mounted at the top. The upper section of the stem is of twisted form, below which it runs smoothly down to a moving teething ring. The whole is of sterling silver, the hallmarks deeply impressed along the stem, including the maker's mark FB (unidentified). Beautifully designed and crafted, this rattle would make a