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A BENHAM AND FROUD COPPER AND BRASS EWER CIRCA 1880
Lot 141

A BENHAM AND FROUD COPPER AND BRASS EWER CIRCA 1880

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GBP 1,410

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A BENHAM AND FROUD COPPER AND BRASS EWER
CIRCA 1880
flat disk form with with cylindrical neck and foot, curved ebonised wood handle, with waisted cylindrical spout stamped mark
10in (25cm) high

Specialist note

There are several design characteristics that suggest this piece could have been designed by Dr Christopher Dresser for Benham and Froud. The overslung handle, hinged flat cover, the broken, angular spout and the riveted decorative border all suggest his, or the influence of his, work.