CHRISTOPHER DRESSER: a rare electroplated glass claret jugmanufactured by Hukin & Heath, circa 1880, incuse stamped DESIGNED BY DR. C. DRESSER
A stylised angular glass body, with electroplated mounts embellished by rope-twists, the tall shaped circular neck flaring outwards and fluted, with a corresponding flat cover opening via an applied thumbpiece, to the side an organic c-scroll tubular handle, all on a flattened cut-glass star base, height 20cm.FootnotesFor a comparable example and information on Dresser's design process, please refer to Harry Lyons, 'Christopher Dresser The Peoples Designer 1834-1904', (Woodbridge Antique Collector's Club: 2005), plate 200, p.177.
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER: a rare electroplated glass claret jugmanufactured by Hukin & Heath, circa 1880, incuse stamped DESIGNED BY DR. C. DRESSER
A stylised angular glass body, with electroplated mounts embellished by rope-twists, the tall shaped circular neck flaring outwards and fluted, with a corresponding flat cover opening via an applied thumbpiece, to the side an organic c-scroll tubular handle, all on a flattened cut-glass star base, height 20cm.FootnotesFor a comparable example and information on Dresser's design process, please refer to Harry Lyons, 'Christopher Dresser The Peoples Designer 1834-1904', (Woodbridge Antique Collector's Club: 2005), plate 200, p.177.
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