Lot Essay
A similar silver wine-jug was sold in these Rooms on 26 October 1989, lot 454
See colour illustration
See colour illustration
Details
A WINE-JUG, designed by Christian Dell, (1922) hammered argentan and ebony, raised on a short tapering cylindrical foot, globular body narrowing to a flaring cylidrical neck with seven 'pleats' and with integral spout, the stepped circular lid terminating in an everted conical finial, curved ebony handle, stamped with maker's monogram CD, circa 1924
20.1 cm high
20.1 cm high
Literature
The Bauhaus: Masters and Students, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 1988, where this wine-jug is illustrated
Experiment Bauhaus, Bauhaus Archiv Museum, Berlin, 1988, no. 126, variant illustrated
Sammlung Katalog, Bauhaus Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, 1981, no. 189, variant illustrated
Die Metallwerkstatt am Bauhaus, Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, 1992, pp. 114 & 193, no. 140, variant illustrated which is in the Collection of the Bauhaus-Archiv, Inv.-no. 1495 DL, p. 59, abb. 72, silver variant illustrated
Experiment Bauhaus, Bauhaus Archiv Museum, Berlin, 1988, no. 126, variant illustrated
Sammlung Katalog, Bauhaus Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, 1981, no. 189, variant illustrated
Die Metallwerkstatt am Bauhaus, Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, 1992, pp. 114 & 193, no. 140, variant illustrated which is in the Collection of the Bauhaus-Archiv, Inv.-no. 1495 DL, p. 59, abb. 72, silver variant illustrated
Exhibited
"The 1920s: Age of the Metropolis", Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Juen 20 - November 10, 1991