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  Fontana Arte Italian, Mid-Century Glass “Fruit” Bookends, circa 1950

  FONTANA ARTE   Milan, Italy

  “Glass fruit” bookends   c. 1950

  Glass, chromium-plated brass

  For more information see: Fontana Arte, Una storia Trasparente, Laura Falconi (Milan: Skira, 1998).

  H:  5” x W:  3 3/8” x D:  5”

  Price: $3,500

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  Christopher Dresser / James Couper & Sons Blown glass cabinet vase c. 1890

  CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK

  JAMES COUPER & SONS Glasgow, Scotland

  “Clutha” vase c. 1890

  Blown glass with a strawberry red and green swirl design and internal bubbles

  Marks: CLUTHA DESIGNED BY CD REGISTERED (acid etched)

  Illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 72/73

  H: 3 1/4″

   

   

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  Christopher Dresser / Hukin & Heath Aesthetic Movement Adjustable Toast or Letter Rack 1881

  CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
  HUKIN & HEATH Birmingham, England

  Adjustable toast or letter rack 1881

  Silver-plate (articulated model)

  Marks: H&H, 2555, stylized fleur-de-lis touch mark

  Illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhibition catalogue Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 21.

  H: 5″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4″

  There is another model of this toast /letter rack in the collection of the British Museum, London, as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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  Christopher Dresser / Heath & Middleton Petite claret jug 1887

  CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK

  HEATH & MIDDLETON   Birmingham, England

  Petite claret jug   1887

  Sterling silver mounts with hinged covers to both top and spout, glass, ebony handle

  Marks: JTH & JHM in a four-lobed cartouche, London assay marks for 1887 (“M” in a shield), Vienna import mark (conjoined AV in a 6-sided cartouche)

  Illustrated: Industrial Design Unikate Serienerzeugnisse, Die Neue Sammlung ein neuer Museumstyp des 20. Jahrhunderts, Hans Wichmann (Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1985), p. 131; Christopher Dresser, ein Viktorianischer Designer, 1834-1904 (Cologne: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1981), p. 73, ill. 86, cat. no. 23; Industrial Design, John Heskett (New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1980), p. 24, illus. 9; Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, Michael Collins (London: Camden Arts Centre, 1979), p. 171, cat.no.12.

  H: 6” x Dia: 4”