Lot 10
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)
CRUET WITH TWO BOTTLES
Auction: 19 April 2005 at 13:00 BST
Description
manufactured by Hukin and Heath, silver plate and glass, stamped 'Designed by Dr C Dresser', stamped marks 'H & H 1953', with registration mark for 1878
Dimensions
19.5cm high
Footnote
EXHIBITED:
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904: Pottery, Glass, Metalwork', The Fine Art Society Ltd, London, 3 October - 27 October 1972, no. 122
'Christopher Dresser: Un designer alla corte della regina Victoria', Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, 30 October 2001-March 2002
'Christopher Dresser and Japan', Koriyama City Museum of Art, Japan, 13 April - 19 May 2002, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, 25 May - 30 June 2002, Takaoko City Museum of Art, Toyama, 11 July - 1 September 2002, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi, 17 November - 23 December 2002
'The Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser', Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, 5 March - 25 July 2004
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904: A Design Revolution', The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 9 September - 5 December 2004
LITERATURE:
Christopher Dresser: A Pioneer of Modern Design, Widar Halen, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1993, plate 178
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904', Michael Whiteway, Skira Editore S.p.A., Milan, 2001, plate 70
'Christopher Dresser and Japan', ed. Koriyama City Museum of Art Brain Trust, 'Christopher Dresser and Japan' Catalogue Committee, Japan, 2002, plate 119
Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution', ed. Michael Whiteway, V & A Publications, London, 2004, plate 184