AN ENAMELED SILVER AND TURQUOISE FLAGON

ARCHIBALD KNOX, FOR LIBERTY & CO., 1901

Details

AN ENAMELED SILVER AND TURQUOISE FLAGON
Archibald Knox, for Liberty & Co., 1901
with two turquoise cabochons on body and one turquoise cabochon on thumb-piece
11in. (29.9cm.) high
engraved V&S 1908 on body, stamped with mark for Liberty & Co., hallmark for Birmingham, English silver standard mark, date letter b and CYMRIC beneath base, stamped with English silver standard mark and date letter b on thumb-piece

Provenance

Kurland.Zabar, New York

Literature

Stephen A. Martin, ed., Archibald Knox, 1995, pp. 6 and 104

Exhibited

Chicago, Illinois, The David & Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Archibald Knox 1864-1933: Liberty of London Designer and Master of British Art Nouveau, February 12-April 19, 1998

Lot Essay

Two examples of the model are known. The second example (1900-1901), in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has a longer thumb-piece and no enameled decoration. See Charlotte Gere, "European Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs: 1850-1900" in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Winter 1998/99), p. 53 for an illustration of this example inset with chrysoprase cabochons.

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