Lot 7
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)
LIDDED DECANTER
Auction: 19 April 2005 at 13:00 BST
Description
manufactured by Heath and Middleton, silver and glass, bears crest, hallmarks for London 1882, bears maker's marks and retailer's mark 'G.W.S.S.&Co. 166 Regent St W'
Dimensions
23cm high
Footnote
EXHIBITED:
'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: A Pioneer of Modern Design', Widar Halen, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 1993, plate 190 and page 158
Christopher Dresser, Stuart Durant, Academy Editions, 1993, p. 85
'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904', Michael Whiteway, Skira Editore S.p.A., Milan, 2001, plate 86
'Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution', ed. Michael Whiteway, V & A Publications, London, 2004, plate 181
NOTE:
The glass containers which are included in Dresser's plated wares were probably produced by the Tees Bottle Company of Liverpool who were thought to have supplied 'artistic glass' to The Art Furnishers Alliance between 1880 and 1883.