Product Description
Christopher Dresser / Hukin & Heath “Crow’s foot” spoon warmer 1878
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
HUKIN & HEATH Birmingham, England
“Crow’s foot” spoon warmer 1878
Silver-plate
Marks: H&H, 2362
Two other examples are recorded but with complex Victorican engraving.
Illustrated: Christopher Dresser and Japan, exh. cat. ed. by Koriyami City Museum of Art, Brain Trust Inc. (Koriyami 2002), cat. no. 114, p. 138; Christopher Dresser, ein Viktorianischer Designer, 1834-1904, (Cologne: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1981) cat. no. 15; Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 33.
H: 4 3/4” x W: 7”
Christopher Dresser / Hukin & Heath “Crow’s foot” spoon warmer 1878
ETTORE SOTTSASS Italy
WALTER DE MARIO (maker) Italy
Architecural ring 1964
18K gold
Signed: ES1, 750, Walter de Mario touch mark
Illustrated: Ettore Sottsass, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1994, p. 65
Exhibited: Ettore Sottsass, Centre Pompidou, Paris, April 27-September 5, 1994; Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography, New York, 1993 p. 144-145 (for related drawings)
FRENCH ART DECO
LA MARQUISE DE SEVIGNE Paris
Covered chocolate box 1932
Black and red oil cloth, nickle plated brass
Illustrated in La Marquise de Sevigne Paris vintage ad (see pairing)
Dia: 10″ x H: 3″