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1394 CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) 1395 CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)
A ‘CROWS FOOT’ JUG, DESIGNED CIRCA 1878
A ‘KOMAI’ COFFEE POT, 1880
silver, with composite insulators, mark of Fredrick manufactured by Hukin and Heath, model no.
Elkington for Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1880, 2045, silver-plate, glass, stamped to foot band
monogrammed, marked near handle and underside, Designed by Dr C. Dresser, maker’s mark and
numbered ‘15847’ English registration lozenge for October 9, 1878, one
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high; 24 oz. (746.4 gr.) gross weight foot numbered ‘2’, another numbered ‘2045’
9Ω in. (24 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
$3,000-5,000
Historical Design, New York, 8 December 1998.
The Irving Collection, no. D14. PROVENANCE
Split Personality, New Jersey, 20 June 1995.
A similar tea set in the Komai pattern sold 20th The Irving Collection, no. D9.
Century Decorative Arts & Design, Christie’s
London, 20 April 2011, lot 131 (£43,250).

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