Lot 149
  • 149

CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (FOR HUKIN & HEATH, LONDON) | Punchbowl

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Punchbowl
  • impressed maker’s mark, registration mark for 28 July 1880, model no. 2466 and incised VI
  • coopered oak, electroplated silver
  • 17.5 by 32cm., 7 by 12½in.
  • 1834–1904
with an etched glass liner

Exhibited

London, The Fine Art Society, British Design, 2016-17, no.27

Literature

Michael Whiteway, Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, Milan, 2001, p.97, no.81, for an identical design;
For a similar design see Michael Whiteway (ed.), Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution, exh. cat. V&A Museum, London, 2004, p.151, pl.186

Condition

Generally good. Old marks and scratches. Typical tarnishing to silvered metal.
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