Lot 53
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) FOR HUKIN & HEATH
SILVER PLATE TUREEN, COVER AND LADLE, CIRCA 1880
Decorative Arts: Design Since 1860
Auction: 11 April 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
the TUREEN with deep bowl set on three tapering feet, with two cylindrical ebonised wood handles, the cover with turned ebonised wood finial, bears inscription to one side IN REMEMBRANCE OF DAYS AT WORSLEY/ DECR. 1882 and with cipher, bears maker's marks to base DESIGNED BY DR C. DRESSER/ H&H/ 2123 with registration mark for July 1880, 31cm across the handles, 20cm high; the LADLE with deep bowl and cylindrical, slightly tapering ebonised wood handle, bears registration mark to bowl for July 1880, 36cm long (2)
Footnote
Literature: Whiteway, Michael 'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904', Milan, 2001, p. 96, pl. 96;
Whiteway, Michael (ed.), 'Christopher Dresser, A Design Revolution', Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 9 September - 5 December 2004, p. 151, pl. 186.