DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER FOR HUKIN & HEATH, 1881

Details

A glass, silvered metal and ebony decanter
Designed by Christopher Dresser for Hukin & Heath, 1881
Of tapering cylindrical form set in silvered metal mount with ebony handle, the lid monogrammed RE
24.5cm. high
Impressed maker's mark, modelnumber 2419 and retailer's mark Jones London/Paris
See illustration

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Lot Essay

A later example of the same model is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York

For comparison see:
W. Halen, Christopher Dresser - pioneer of Modern Design, London 1990, p.168, no. 190 for a similar decanter

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