22nd Mar, 2024 10:00
Silver and Objects of Vertu
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Christopher Dresser (Attributed)
An Edwardian silver and parcel-gilt naturalistic bowl, in the Japonesque style, of ovoid form, the lobed body with scalloped rim, decorated with foliate tendrils, the interior with parcel gilding displaying a central anemone flowerhead and trailing foliate tendrils, atop a gilt tripod base crafted as a foliate tendril, Hukin & Heath (John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton), Birmingham 1902, height 14.1cm, diameter 23.5cm, weight 817g/26.26ozt approx
Note: 'Dresser was appointed art adviser to...Hukin & Heath in about 1878. The firm specialized in novelty items for the luxury market and they were anxious to find a new direction...Dresser was responsible for selecting Persian and Japanese articles to be copied...by the firm' (Whiteway, 2004).
Reference: Whiteway, M. (2004). Shock of the Old. Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution. Victoria & Albert Museum.
Sold for £1,900
Christopher Dresser (Attributed)
An Edwardian silver and parcel-gilt naturalistic bowl, in the Japonesque style, of ovoid form, the lobed body with scalloped rim, decorated with foliate tendrils, the interior with parcel gilding displaying a central anemone flowerhead and trailing foliate tendrils, atop a gilt tripod base crafted as a foliate tendril, Hukin & Heath (John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton), Birmingham 1902, height 14.1cm, diameter 23.5cm, weight 817g/26.26ozt approx
Note: 'Dresser was appointed art adviser to...Hukin & Heath in about 1878. The firm specialized in novelty items for the luxury market and they were anxious to find a new direction...Dresser was responsible for selecting Persian and Japanese articles to be copied...by the firm' (Whiteway, 2004).
Reference: Whiteway, M. (2004). Shock of the Old. Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution. Victoria & Albert Museum.
Auction: Silver and Objects of Vertu, 22nd Mar, 2024
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