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DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A BRASS 'KORDOFAN' CHAMBERSTICK, A BRASS-MOUNTED COPPER KETTLE ON WROUGHT IRON STAND AND A BRASS AND COPPER PITCHER
DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The Kordofan candlestick stamped 'DR DRESSERS DESIGN' and with registration lozenge dated 20 January 1876, the underside of the base embossed with interwoven chord enclosing 'PERRY SON & CO'; the brass jug with ebonised handles, circa 1880, designed by Christopher Dresser for Fearncombe & Co, with trademark; the copper kettle with brass and ebonised handle suspended on iron stand with copper burner and weight on tripod feet, circa 1880, designed by Christopher Dresser for Benham & Froud, the kettle with trademark to base
The candlestick: 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high; 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) wide; the brass jug: 19 in. (23 cm.) high; 17 ½ (19 cm.) wide; the kettle with stand: 26 in. (66 cm.) high; 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) wide; 13 ½ in. (34 cm.) deep
DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The Kordofan candlestick stamped 'DR DRESSERS DESIGN' and with registration lozenge dated 20 January 1876, the underside of the base embossed with interwoven chord enclosing 'PERRY SON & CO'; the brass jug with ebonised handles, circa 1880, designed by Christopher Dresser for Fearncombe & Co, with trademark; the copper kettle with brass and ebonised handle suspended on iron stand with copper burner and weight on tripod feet, circa 1880, designed by Christopher Dresser for Benham & Froud, the kettle with trademark to base
The candlestick: 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high; 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) wide; the brass jug: 19 in. (23 cm.) high; 17 ½ (19 cm.) wide; the kettle with stand: 26 in. (66 cm.) high; 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) wide; 13 ½ in. (34 cm.) deep
Literature
B. Morris, Liberty Design, London, 1989, p. 78.
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 28 & 33 (the chamberstick).
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
S. Durant, Christopher Dresser, London, 1993, p. 91 (the kettle).
M. Whiteway ed., Christopher Dresser, London, 2004, pls. 141, 240 & 245 (‘pitcher’, kettle, chamberstick).
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 28 & 33 (the chamberstick).
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
S. Durant, Christopher Dresser, London, 1993, p. 91 (the kettle).
M. Whiteway ed., Christopher Dresser, London, 2004, pls. 141, 240 & 245 (‘pitcher’, kettle, chamberstick).
