Design - Day Two - 19th October 2023
Lot 498
A Benham & Froud copper and brass tea kettle and cover designed by Dr Christopher Dresser,
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £450
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Description
A Benham & Froud copper and brass tea kettle and cover designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, flaring square section with pierced scroll foot, brass rivet decoration, hammered finish, with applied over-slung brass handle and angled spout unsigned, 21cm. high (2)
Provenance
Arts and Crafts, Woolley and Wallis Auctioneers, 21st June 2017, lot 294.
Private collection
Literature
Michael Whiteway Christopher Dresser A Design Revolution, V&A, page 174 catalogue number 236 for a comparable example illustrated.
Michael Whiteway Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, Skira, page 146 for a contemporary photograph from the Chubb Archive showing this design at the Art Furnisher's Alliance, circa 1880-1883.