• 20/21 Design: 1900 to Now auction at Christies

    Sale 5868

    20/21 Design: 1900 to Now

    London, South Kensington

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    28 October 2014

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    • DR CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1
    Lot 128

    DR CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) FOR HUKIN AND HEATH

    A RARE 'CROW'S-FOOT' CLARET JUG, MODEL 4321, 1879

    Price realised

    GBP 6,250

    Estimate

    GBP 5,000 - GBP 7,000

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    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 and exhibited

    Literature

    Similar example with clear glass body illustrated:
    M. Whiteway (ed.), Christopher Dresser, A Design Revolution, London, 2004, p. 146, pl. 180.


    Lot Essay

    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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