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  Wolfgang Gessl / Scandinavian Modern Sterling silver teapot with arching handle 1990

  WOLFGANG GESSL (b. 1949) Austria / Sweden

  Teapot 1990

  Hand wrought and hand hammered spherical silver teapot with cylindrical handle and spout elements, maple and padouk wood layered arching handle

  This is No. 2 out of the edition of 3 models.

  Marks: Wolfgang Gessl (script impressed signature), 2/3, WO.GE (in a rectangle), Swedish assay mark for Stockholm, 925 (silver guarantee in a rectangle), E11 (in a rectangle), LF

  Exhibited: Glänsande Geometri, Mettalum, Stockholm, Sweden

  Illustrated: Gold and Silversmith Wolfgang Gessl: Exceeding Geometry, Kerstin Wickman, p. 16.

  H: 10” x W: 16 ½” x D: 5 ½”

  Price: $32,000

  Wolfgang Gessl was born in 1949 in Vienna, Austria and trained as a goldsmith with Professor Hans Angerbauer. Upon moving to Sweden, Gessl studied under the eminent silversmith Sigurd Persson at Konstfack, the National University of Art, Craft and Design in Stockholm, Sweden.

  Wolfgang Gessl has had fifteen solo exhibitions including shows at The National Museum, Stockholm and The Royal College of Art in London. His metalwork has been widely exhibited in Sweden, Europe and the U.S and his pieces can be found in many private collections throughout the world. He has taught at Konstfack for more than twenty-four years, and continues to live and work in Stockholm.

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  Christopher Dresser / Benham & Froud Aesthetic Movement Kettle c. 1885

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

  Kettle    c. 1885

  Copper, brass, wood handle and finial

  Marks: maker’s cipher

  Illustrated: Minor Masters of the XIXth Century: Christopher Dresser, Industrial Designer, by N. Pevsner, (Architectural Review, 1937), p. 184, illus. 1; Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 67.

  H: 9 1/2″ x Dia: 9″

  Price: $4,450

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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.

   

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  Christopher Dresser / Linthorpe Art Pottery Rare Aesthetic Movement “Gourd” Vase 1879-1882

  CHRISTOPHER DRESSER  (1834-1904)  UK
  LINTHORPE ART POTTERY, Middlesbrough
  HENRY TOOTH Artistic Manager Linthorpe (1842-1918) UK

  “Gourd Vase”   1879-1882

  Glazed Earthenware

  ***Extremely rare Dresser / Linthorpe model.

  Marked: LINTHORPE, Chr. Dresser (facsimile signature) HT, no. 326

  Illustrated:  Christopher Dresser: Truth, Beauty, Power exh. cat. (New York: Historical Design, 1998) p.75; illustrated in two drawings for gourd vases in Dresser’s 1881 design and account book under heading “Aug. 29, 1881. Sent to J. Harrison Esq. 41 Designs for Linthorpe.”

  H: 7 3/4″

  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.