Lot 54
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) FOR HEATH & MIDDLETON, LONDON Y
SILVER MOUNTED CLARET JUG, 1885
Decorative Arts: Design Since 1860
Auction: 11 April 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
the clear glass body attributed to Tees Bottle Company, Liverpool, with cylindrical neck to lozenge shaped flared body and star cut base, the simple applied wide collar and short curved angular spout, the lower neck mount attached with straight stems to ivory handle, with flat hinged cover engraved with Ducal coronet and initial C for Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, stamped maker's marks, hallmarked London 1885, bears registration marks for May, 1881
Dimensions
21.5cm high
Footnote
Literature: 'Christopher Dresser and Japan' Catalogue Committee, Japan, 2002, plate 104
Whiteway, Michael 'Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution', V & A Publications, London, 2004, plate 181
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