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Christopher Dresser / Hukin & Heath Spoon warmer c. 1881
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
HUKIN & HEATH Birmingham, England
Spoon warmer c. 1881
Silver-plate with ebony handle
Made by Hukin & Heath, Birmingham
Marks: H&H, 2693
Illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 57.
H: 5 1/4” x W: 6 1/2”
Very rare model.
Christopher Dresser / Hukin & Heath Spoon warmer c. 1881
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
LINTHORPE ART POTTERY, Middlesbrough
HENRY TOOTH Artistic Manager Linthorpe (1842-1918) UK
“Persian” jug 1879-1882
Glazed earthenware
Marks: LINTHORPE, Chr. Dresser (facsimile signature),
HT, no. 344
Illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhibition catalogue Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 76.
H: 8 3/4″
Rare model.
The contrasts in Dresser’s designs for different materials showed how his approach to design was also shaped by the properties and nature of a material. In 1879 Dresser was appointed art director at the newly established Linthorpe pottery, near Middlesbrough. Founded by John Harrison, a local businessman, the pottery’s aim was to use local clay to provide jobs for local men. Dresser’s design for the moulds for the pottery were inspired by a wide range of cultures from Japan, Peru, Mexico, Morocco and Ancient British forms. These very striking pieces, with the metal oxides in the complex and innovative glazes providing the only decoration. All of his designs were impressed with a facsimile signature. When Linthorpe closed in 1889, its moulds were acquired by a rival, Ault Pottery in Derbyshire. In 1893, Dresser signed a contract with Ault for new designs specifying that each pot should be marked with his facsimile signature.
EMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904) France
“Egyptian Coin” handled dish c. 1881
Handpainted faience in barbotine, glazed polychrome decoration beneath transparent glaze, gold highlights
Marks: stamped in black: E. Gallé, nancy depose, E G with cross of Lorraine
Designs for other Egyptian decoration illustrated: Les dessins de Gallé, Philippe Thiébaut (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993) p. 98-99
Related forms and designs illustrated: La Ceramique de Gallé (Nancy: Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 1984) p. 119; Egyptomania: Egypt in Western Art, 1730-1930 (Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux and Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1994), pp. 472=74.
H: 7″ x L: 12″ x W: 8″