Lot 35
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)
TUREEN, COVER AND LADLE
Auction: 19 April 2005 at 13:00 BST
Description
manufactured by Hukin and Heath, silver plate with ebony handles, stamped marks 'Designed by Dr C Dresser' and 'H & H 2123' , registration marks for 1880 (3)
Dimensions
22cm high, 31cm wide
Footnote
EXHIBITED:
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904: Pottery, Glass, Metalwork', The Fine Art Society Ltd, London, 3 October - 27 October 1972, no. 117
Fine Metalwork - Domestic Silverware, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 16th September - 7th November 1993
'Christopher Dresser: Un designer alla corte della regina Victoria', Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, 30 October 2001-March 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 1834-1904', Michael Whiteway, Skira Editore S.p.A., Milan, 2001, plate 79
'Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution', ed. Michael Whiteway, V & A Publications, London, 2004, plate 186