Lot 312: Frederick Herbert Chivers (1881-1965): Anemones in a bowl, dated 1937 (?)

Oil on board, the colourful blooms in a pale blue bowl against a strongly-shaded ground, the signature F.H.Chivers and date partly obscured by the frame, 23cm x 33cm

Provenance: sold by the son of the artist. During the 1930s Fred Chivers worked briefly for Paragon China and then for the King Street factory in Derby. He returned to Royal Worcester briefly in 1940-41, painting fruit once more while many of the younger painters had themselves enlisted in the forces. When production ceased at Worcester he continued to help the war effort, working for a local engineering firm painting machinery battleship grey.