About the Artwork
Teapot
ca. 1880
Christopher Dresser (Designer) English, 1834-1904 James Dixon & Sons (Manufacturer) English, 1806 - 1992
Silver plate and ebony
Overall: 5 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches (14 × 22.2 × 10.8 cm)
Metalwork
European Modern Art to 1970
Museum Purchase, gift of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Collection by exchange
2008.424
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Markings
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Mark: I | 25 | 5 RJ J | K Mark: Ch, Dresser Marks: [various symbols including a trumpet] Marks: 2278 Mark: [unidentified mark]
Provenance
(H. Blairman and Sons, London, England)
2008-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Darr, Alan Phipps, Yao-Fen You, and Megan Reddicks. “Recent Acquisitions (2007–15) of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts.” The Burlington Magazine 158 (June 2016): pp. 501–512, p. 512 (ill.).
Furniture and Works of Art. Sales cat., H. Blairman & Sons Ltd. London, 2008, no. 15 (ill.).
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Christopher Dresser; James Dixon & Sons, Teapot, ca. 1880, silver plate and ebony. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, gift of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Collection by exchange, 2008.424.
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