£250
Auction: Design Since 1860
silver and enamel, decorated in the manner of William Burges, stamped maker's marks and hallmarks for London 1869
Literature: The Strange Genius of William Burges ‘Art Architect’, a catalogue of a Centenary Exhibition, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1981, p.117, no. C62
Note: In 1866/7 Hart & Son amalgamated with Peard & Jackson, manufacturers of medieval art metal works. Hart, Son, Peard & Co. were regularly represented at the international exhibitions including London, Dublin, Paris and Philadelphia where they exhibited artistic metalwork, chiefly for ecclesiastical purposes. They are thought to have been the manufacturers of a gilt dish with silver and niello decoration of 1875 designed by the architect William Burges (1827-1881).