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A rare and possibly unique Elkington & Co electroplated kettle designed by Dr Christopher Dresser circa 1867, model no.10272, registration number 22867, the domed body on four bar feet, with angled slender spout and handle over, the flat cover with knob stamped marks, 24cm. high Catalogue Notes This kettle represents the earliest provable Dresser design for electroplated silver. The Kettle`s pattern number 10272 places the design to 1866-1867. In 1865 The Building News, page 916, stated that Elkington were producing Dresser`s electroplated silver designs, and Widar Halen, in his Christopher Dresser, Phaidon 1990, confirms that these appear in the company records from about 1866-1867. As this example was not manufactured until 1884 (year letter Y) and its design not registered until 1885 (no.22876), the design initially appears to be later and of less importance than the iconic undecorated Hukin & Heath and Dixon & Sons designs by Dresser of 1878-1879. These have previously been regarded as evidence of a fundamental shift in Dresser`s design philosophy after his visit to Japan in 1876-1877. The 1867 date of the design of this Elkington kettle contradicts this notion and advances Dresser`s electroplated silver designs by a decade. Although metalwork designs annotated `Dresser` are recorded in the Elkington pattern books from 1885, there are earlier examples (including this kettle) which retained their old pattern numbers when old pattern books were updated; these earlier original numbers were then carried forward to new pattern books and included amongst the later designs. Literature Harry Lyons Christopher Dresser, The People`s Designer 1834-1904, ACC page 193 plate 368 the original drawing annotated `Dresser` reproduced. Aspects of British Design 1870-1930 The Journal of The Decorative Arts Society, number 9 (1985), Christopher Dresser: Designs for Elkington & Co by Adrian Tilbrook, page 26 plate 7a the original design reproduced. Widar Halen Christopher Dresser, Phaidon, page 145 for a discussion on Dresser`s early designs for Elkington. Provenance Private collection.
A German silver chalice, the cylindrical stem cast with heart-shaped flower panels, the flaring bowl with similar stamped and chased panels, stamped marks, 12cm. high Literature Charlotte & Peter Fiell, 1900s 1910s Decorative Arts Taschen republishing of The Studio magazine, page 344 comparable goblets designed by Gustav Kalhhammer and Hausler.
A Theodor Fahrner silver and enamel Secessionist brooch designed by Patriz Huber, pierced and cast design with purple enamel, set with two amethyst stones and an amethyst drop stamped marks, 3cm wide Fritz Falk Jugendstil-Schmuck/Art Nouveau Jewellery Arnoldsche, page 160 plates F21-F26 for comparable designs.
A Keswick School of Industrial Arts electroplated beaker vase, flaring hammered form with chased inscription, a Charles Horner silver kilt pin modelled as a dagger, another modelled as a sword, a pair of Laurence Emanuel silver menu holders and a set of silver tea spoons and sugar tongs cased stamped marks beaker vase 9.5cm. high.
An Aesthetic silver and parcel gilt bowl by Lias & Wakely, dated 1880, decorated with fan motif before bamboo stems and heraldic emblems stamped marks, London 1880, 12cm. diam. 6.1oz Catalogue Notes Henry Lias II formed a firm with James Wakely, Lias and Wakely, in 1879. the firm would eventually become Wakely and Wheeler in 1909.
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