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.
Orfevrerie Christofle / French Art Nouveau Petite vase with wheat decor c. 1900
ORFÈVRERIE CHRISTOFLE Paris, France
Petite vase c. 1900
Patinated copper with applied gold work at the rim of the vase and the wheat and grass motif
Marks: Christofle touchmark, CHRISTOFLE
For more information on Christofle see: La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, Dominique and Marie-Cécile Forest (Paris: Les Editions de l’Amateur, 1995), pp. 152-8.
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