Christopher Dresser, Teapot, 1879

Electroplated nickel silver, ebonized wood
Manufactured by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, UK

h. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) - l. 9 in. (22,8 cm) - w. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)

Stamped with a facsmile signature Ch. Dresser, marked EP and J.D. & S. for James Dixon and Sons and the number 2277.

Provenance

Collection of Georgina Bourke, Cheltenham and after World War I Castleconnell, Southern Ireland - By descent after her death in 1967, until 2024

Exhibitions

'The World of Art Deco', at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, from July to September 1971, (lent anonymously under number 150) - 'Christopher Dresser 1834-1904', at the Camden Arts Centre, London, from 3rd October to 25th November 1979, and the Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough, from 8th December 1979 to 19th January 1980 (lent anonymously under number 53) - 'The Quest for Style 1850-1900', at the Landesmuseum Zürich, from 23th March to 15th July 2018 - 'From Arts and Crafts to the Bauhaus', at the Bröhan-Museum, Berlin, from 24th January to 5th May 2019 (lent under number 6).

Literature

Widar Halén, Christopher Dresser, London, 1990, page 182 - Michael Whiteway, Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, Milan, 2001, page 102 - Michael Whiteway (ed.), The Shock of the Old, Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution, New York, 2004, page 158 - Michael Whiteway (ed.), Christopher Dresser, A Design Revolution, London, 2004, page 158

Collection

Christopher Dresser

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