Product Description
French Art Deco “Orchid” brooch, matte finished platinum Cymbidium orchid spray set with pave diamonds (approx. 9 carats TW), marked, c. 1935
French Art Deco “Orchid” brooch, matte finished platinum Cymbidium orchid spray set with pave diamonds (approx. 9 carats TW), marked, c. 1935
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″