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  Archibald Knox / Liberty & Co. Rare Sterling and Opal caviar server 1904

  ARCHIBALD KNOX   (1864-1933)   UK
  LIBERTY & COMPANY   London, UK

  Cymric  tri-handled covered server  1904

  Sterling silver with repoussé Celtic knot motifs and three buttress handles; the handle of the domed lid inset with a jelly opal, cylindrical crystal bowl.

  Marks: No. 5199, Liberty & Co., CYMRIC and Birmingham assay marks for 1904 (all the marks appear both on the underside of the base and on the cover)

  W: 7 1/4″ x D: 7 1/4″ x H: 2″

  Price: $28,000

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  Christopher Dresser / James Dixon & Sons Sterling silver teaset, No. 2272 1880

  CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK

  JAMES DIXON & SONS Sheffield, England

  Teaset  1880

  Sterling silver

  Marks: JD&S, Chr. Dresser (facsimile signature), 2272,

  Sheffield assay marks for 1880 (“P” in an octagonal rectangle), Reg. mark for November 25, 1880

  Illustrated: J. Dixon & Sons’ 1885 catalogue, p. 96.

  Teapot illustrated: Christopher Dresser, by Widar Halén (Oxford: Phaidon, 1990), illus. 204, p. 181.

  Teaset illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 30/31.

  Teapot: H: 4” x W: 7 ¼” ; Sugar bowl: H: 2 3/4” ; Creamer: H: 3 1/8”

  Plated teapot in the permanent collection of the British Museum, London. Extremely rare model.