of Arts 1979 Awarded MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) Selected designs Dates denote year/s of design, year of first production may be later 1956 Campden tableware and cutlery range, named after Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, where his studio was based. The cutlery was jointly designed with David Mellor (designer). The Campden toast rack won a Design Centre Award in 1957. 1957–1960 Oriana tableware and cutlery range. Commissioned by the Orient Line for the ocean liner Oriana, launched in 1960. 1961 CD25 cast iron candlestick (medium), the first of a decorative range of cast iron pieces. This was re-launched in the mid-1990s as Hobart. 1961 Merlin alarm clock for Westclox. 1961 Alveston cutlery, named after his home village, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Alveston cutlery won a Design Council Award in 1965. 1961-4 Alveston tea set. Including what is often referred to as the Aladdin tea pot. 1966 Lumitron 3000 lighting range. 1979 Kitchen Devils' Professional knife range. The Kitchen Devils Professional knife range won a Design Centre Award in 1984. Museum Collections Robert Welch's designs are in several museum collections including: the Victoria and Albert Museum and British Museum, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, the Netherlands; KODE Art Museums of Bergen, Norway. Robert Welch Designs The design business is today run by Alice and Rupert Welch, two of his three children. Each new design is still created in Chipping Campden in the same building where Welch began his career over half a century ago. References Further reading Crawford, A. and Welch, R. (Ed. Forbes, C.). (1973). Robert Welch: Design in a Cotswold Workshop. Pub: Lund Humphries, London. Welch, R. (1986). Hand and Machine: Robert Welch, Designer-Silversmith. Pub: Robert Welch, Gloucestershire. Coatts, M. and Myerson, J. (1995). Robert Welch: Designer-Silversmith – A Retrospective Exhibition 1955–1995. Pub: Cheltenham Art Galleries and Museums. Andrew, J. and Styles, D. (2014). Designer British Silver: From Studios Established 1930–1983. Pub: Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk. External links Company website Obituary in the Guardian MacCarthy, F. (2000). His clocks, cutlery and candlesticks helped to define 'contemporary' style. 1929 births 2000 deaths Alumni of the Royal College of Art Members of the Order of the British Empire English designers English silversmiths People from Hereford People from Malvern, Worcestershire People educated at Hanley Castle High School English industrial designers Alumni of the Birmingham School of Art