Lock plate, Charles Robert Ashbee, London, 1893-1894

Lock plate, Charles Robert Ashbee, London, 1893-1894 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1893-1894. The museum's brief description reads: Iron lock plate for cupboard or drawer, decorated with putti.

Designed by C.R. Ashbee for the Magpie & Stump, London, 1893-4.. Museum description: Charles Robert Ashbee (1863-1942) was a central figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Between 1893 and 1896 he designed and fitted out a house at 37, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, as both his family home and the office for his architectural practice. It was known as the 'Magpie and Stump' as it stood on ground formerly occupied by an inn of that name, which had burned down in 1886.

Much of the interior furnishings were designed and made by the Guild of Handicraft, the organisation Ashbee had founded in 1888 in the East End of London. Ashbee's family left the house in 1921, and in 1966 it was marked for demolition. Wates Ltd was contracted to demolish the property, but the V&A was invited to select decorative elements and furnishings before the building was destroyed in 1969. The museum record gives place associated: London; maker recorded: Charles Robert Ashbee.

These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.