Description
Electroplated silver, silver, glass, ebony handles
h. 21 cm (left), h. 24 cm (right)
Two design classics by Christopher Dresser, executed by
Hukin & Heath, Birmingham. Claret jug with vertical handle
(left) made in silver-plate, Dresser’s preferred material,
decanter with diagonal handle (right) in silver
Marks
H & H, registration mark for May 9, 1881 (left)
H & H, registration mark for May 9, 1881
Birmingham assay marks for 1881 (right)
Provenance
John Jesse Gallery, London
Exhibited
„Rausch der Schönheit - Die Kunst des Jugendstils“,
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund,
December 9, 2018 - June 24, 2019
Public collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Literature
Harry Lyons, Christopher Dresser, The People’s
Designer 1834 - 1904, London 2005, plate 382, pag. 200;
Shock of the Old, Christopher Dresser’s Design Revolution,
edited by Michael Whiteway, New York/London, 2004, pag. 147;
Truth - Beauty - Power, Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834 - 1904,
exhibition catalogue Historical Design, New York 1998, pag. 58/63