Sale 5868
London, South Kensington
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28 October 2014
Price realised
GBP 6,250
Estimate
DR CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) FOR HUKIN AND HEATH A RARE 'CROW'S-FOOT' CLARET JUG, MODEL 4321, 1879 electroplate, cut-glass 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high stamped H & H, with registration diamond and 4321
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Literature
Similar example with clear glass body illustrated: M. Whiteway (ed.), Christopher Dresser, A Design Revolution, London, 2004, p. 146, pl. 180.
This is an unusual example, with a cut glass body rather than the usual clear glass body. The only other documented example of this form is held in the Sheffield Museum, accession number 1978.525.
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