Carrol Boyes (SA 1954-2019) Early Design Pewter and Wood Cutlery Holder with Unmistakeable Wave Designer Handle   

ON AUCTION IS A CARROL BOYES (1954-2019) WOODEN CUTLERY BOX WITH TIPICAL WAVY DESIGNER PEWTER HANDLE.
 
THIS IS A UNIQUE CUTLERY BOX WITH CARROL'S UNMISTAKEABLE 'WAVE' DESIGNER HANDLE. THE TEAK WOOD HAS OLD SCHOOL MORTISE AND TENON JOINTS. THIS IS A TRADITIONAL AND STRONG WOODWORKING TECHNIQUE WHERE A PROTRUSION (THE TENON) ON ONE PIECE OF WOOD FITS INTO A CORRESPONDING HOLE (THE MORTISE) IN ANOTHER.  
 
THE 3 WOODEN COMPARTMENTS ALLOW YOU TO STYLE AND STORE CONDIMENTS, NAPKINS AND CUTLERY IN ANY WAY YOU LIKE. THE CUTLERY BOX CAN ALSO HOLD A SLIM OIL AND VINEGAR SET OR SALT AND PEPPER GRINDERS ALLOWING FOR AN ORGANISED LOOK.
 
EARLIER CARROL BOYES DESIGNS OFTEN FEATURE A SINGLE, CURVED METAL ELEMENT, OR "COIL," AS A PROMINENT FEATURE, SUCH AS A CURLING HANDLE ON A JUG. EARLY DESIGNS ALSO SOMETIMES COMBINED MATERIALS, SUCH AS WOODEN TRAYS THAT FEATURED PEWTER HANDLES.
 
DIMENSIONS: 26CM HIGH UP TO HANDLE 22.5CM WIDE 14.5CM DEEP
 
CONDITION: GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION.
 
MARKED: NO MARKS VISIBLE. SOME EARLIER CARROL BOYES PIECES WERE NOT MARKED. SIMILAR PIECES CAN BE SEEN ON THE CARROL BOYES WEBSITE.
 
CARROL BOYES (1954-2019) INTERESTING HISTORY:
Carrol Boyes was a South African artist, businesswoman, and former teacher that is best known as the founder of the Carrol Boyes Kitchen and eating utensil design company. Carrol's ethos was to produce high quality, unique, quirky, and collectable pieces of art that could be used every day. Pieces to enjoy and pass down from generation to generation. The brand still holds this vision true to this very day.
At the age of 35, Carrol decided to start her own functional art business after 15 years of teaching. She experimented with jewellery before finding her niche in home decor accessories, and kitchenware. She launched her business in 1989 from her home in Cape Town where she focused on cuttlery and flatware specifically.
The first 3 years of her design and artwork, she worked with copper, silver, brass, and pewter. Early designs also sometimes combined materials, such as wooden trays that featured pewter handles. She created Verdigris candle sticks, jewellery, and assorted brass works. The public fell in love with these quirky and functional items for the home and are still in the homes of those who bought her first pieces from a small stall at Cape Towns Greenmarket Square. Art dealer, Peter Visser gave Carrol her first break after she gave up teaching by displaying and selling her pieces in his trendy store in Cape Towns vibrant Loop Street. Each of her designs is a statement in itself, completely personal, fresh and different. Peter Visser
In 1991, as her brand grew by word of mouth, with many people flocking to her stall in Greenmarket Square, Carrol quickly realised that she needed production on a larger scale to keep up with the demand for her homeware pieces. This is when the manufacturing plant opened in 1990 in Limpopo. The factory opened its doors with a staff complement of 12 which quickly grew to 350 employees.
Carrols father solved the need for a large-scale manufacturing plant by offering an empty building on their family farm to help Carrol in realising her dream. Charles, who had just graduated from university took this opportunity to assist her in setting up the factory, and in essence becoming a major role player in the brand.
The Limpopo plant is located near Tzaneen in the Northern Province, where the casting and stamping of the metals is done and larger items are assembled prior to their transportation to the head office in Cape Town. Carrol and her family were passionate about job security in the communities they lived and worked in - and the factory afforded the community the much-needed opportunity of being skilled and employed. With a headcount of 350 employees, the factory became the second biggest employer in the area affording skills development and job creation to local residents.
Two years after setting up her factory, Carrol received her first international order and Carrols pieces were catapulted into popularity with the demand for her products exceeding her expectations. In 1999, Carrol moved from her home office in Llandudno to her new office premises in Rose Street, Cape Town.
Four years later, in 2003 she launched her first retail store at the tourist mecca, he Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town. This flagship store was the beginning of the brands retail footprint which now sees a compliment of 25 stores nationwide and a successful online selling website. Her brand is widely recognisable, both locally and abroad.
After more than 30 years, the business is continually growing with an offering of over 1 000 products available. More than 27 countries currently stock the Carrol Boyes brand with some big names such as Bloomingdales and Nieman Marcus in the USA and David Jones in Australia among these retailers and stockists.
Both Boyes's step-daughters Kim Jackson-Meltzer and Martine Jackson-Clotz became creative directors of the business which the 65-year old Boyes who died in Aug 2019 has built from the ground.
 
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