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Christopher Dresser for Hukin & Heath

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Description

  • A silver plated Cruet set with oil and vinegar bottles

  • underside of stand stamped  `Designed by Christopher Dresser',  manufacturer's marks, `H&H' and '1953' and registration mark for 8th October 1878

  • 21cm.;
  • 8in.
the stand fitted with two glass bottles with stoppers

Provenance

Ex collection Andrew Mackintosh Patrick.

Exhibited

John Jesse and Richard Dennis, Christopher Dresser, 1834 - 1894, Pottery, Glass and Metalwork, exhibition catalogue, Fine Art Society,  1972, cat. no. 122;
Michael Whiteway, Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, Palazzo della Triennale, exhibition catalogue, Milan, 2001, p. 90, ill. no. 70;
Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2004.

 

 

Literature

Harry Lyons, Christopher Dresser, The People's Designer, 1834 - 1904, Woodbridge, 2005, pl. 376, p. 198.