Product Description
Christopher Dresser / Heath & Middleton Aesthetic Movement Claret Jug 1881
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
HEATH & MIDDLETON Birmingham, England
Claret jug 1881
Very rare model in sterling silver with a bone handle, crystal body
Marks: JTH JHM, Reg. mark for May 9, 1881, London assay marks for 1881 (“F” in a shield)
Illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 63
This signature Dresser claret jug appears in Nikolaus Pevsner’s landmark book from 1936 entitled “Pioneers of Modern Design”.
H: 8 3/8″
Christopher Dresser / Heath & Middleton Aesthetic Movement Claret Jug 1881
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
JACOB & JOSEF KOHN Vienna
Stool c. 1907
Mahogany-stained beech with upholstery fabric (new) designed by Josef Hoffmann by Backhausen, Vienna
Illustrated: Jacob & Josef Kohn 1916 catalogue (reprint), p. 37, Model no. 728/s; Klassiker des Modernen Möbeldesign, Dorothee Müller (Munich: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1980) illus. 85, p. 110: Jacob & Josef Kohn catalogue (reprint in Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900 (Vienna: Künstlerhaus, 1981) p. 63; 1909 Jacob & Josef Kohn catalogue (reprint) in Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850- 1946, Derek E. Ostergard, ed. (New York: The American Ferderation of Arts, 1987) p. 107.
H: 18″ x Dia: 14″
Price: $4,250