Christopher Dresser / Benham & Froud Rare Aesthetic Movement Copper coffee pot 1888

CHRISTOPHER DRESSER  (1834-1904)  UK
BENHAM & FROUD  London, England

Coffee pot   1888

Copper, brass, wood handle and finial

***One of only two known models of this Dresser / Benham & Froud coffee pot.

Marks: maker’s cipher, Reg. no. 114566 for 1888
Only other model known illustrated: Christopher Dresser, by Widar Halén (Oxford:  Phaidon, 1990), illus. 192, p. 170 (variant model); Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 66.

H: 9″ x D: 7 3/8″