CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)
THREE PIECE TEA SERVICE
£17,038
Auction: 19 April 2005 at 13:00 BST
Description
manufactured by James Dixon & Sons, silver plate, comprising a lidded teapot with ebony handle, 13.5cm high, a milk jug, 6cm high, and a sugar bowl, 8.5cm high, each stamped with facsimile signature 'Chr. Dresser', and marked 'J.D. & S. 2278', registration marks for 1880 (3)
Dimensions
Teapot 13.5cm high
Footnote
EXHIBITED:
Christopher Dresser 1834 -1904, Camden Art Centre, London, 30th October-25 November 1979; Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough, 8th December 1979 - 19th January 1980
'Architect-Designers, Pugin to MacKintosh', The Fine Arts Society Ltd, London, 5 - 29 May 1981
Christopher Dresser, Ein Viktorianischer Designer, the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Cologne, Germany, 1981
Design, Mirror of the Century, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 17 May - 25 July 1993
'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:
James Dixon and Sons, Cornish Place, Sheffield, Catalogue, 1885, page 96
'Christopher Dresser: A Pioneer of Modern Design', Widar Halen, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1993, plate 205
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904', Michael Whiteway, Skira Editore S.p.A., Milan, 2001, plate 95
'Christopher Dresser and Japan', ed. Koriyama City Museum of Art Brain Trust, 'Christopher Dresser and Japan' Catalogue Committee, Japan, 2002, plate 135
'Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution', ed. Michael Whiteway, V & A Publications, London, 2004, plate 194, page 15
PROVENANCE:
John Jesse, London