CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1838-1904)
THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1838-1904)

A 'DOUBLE GOURD' VESSEL, A 'PERUVIAN' VESSEL, AND A 'SEA URCHIN' VESSEL, CIRCA 1880-90

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CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1838-1904)
A 'DOUBLE GOURD' VESSEL, A 'PERUVIAN' VESSEL, AND A 'SEA URCHIN' VESSEL, CIRCA 1880-90
glazed earthenware, each manufactured by Linthorpe Pottery, the 'Double Gourd' green and brown glaze, marks obscured; the 'Peruvian' vessel, model no. 298, green glaze, impressed signature for Dresser and 'Linthorpe'; and the twin-spouted 'Sea Urchin' vessel, model no. 312, green, blue and brown glaze, impressed signature for Dresser and 'Linthorpe'
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high, the first vessel
Provenance
Kurland Zabar Gallery, New York.
The Irving Collection, no. D2 (the Double Gourd).

Historical Design, New York, 8 December 1998.
The Irving Collection, no. D12 (the Peruvian).

With Historical Design, New York, 8 December 1998.
The Irving Collection, no. D11 (the Sea Urchin).
Exhibited
New York, Kurland Zabar Gallery, 'Christopher Dresser: The Power of Design', 28 April - 29 May 1993, illus. p. 10, no. 41 (the Double Gourd vessel).

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