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Alveston

Fork
1961 (designed), 1966 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Robert Welch (1929-2000) was trained at the Birmingham School of Art under Ralph Baxendale and Cyril Shiner. From 1952 to 1955 he was at the Royal College of Art, after which he was appointed as design consultant to J.J. Wiggin of Bloxwich, manufacturers of stainless steel tableware. Throughout his career he undertook many industrial design commissions (he designed the stainless steel tableware for the Orient liner Oriana) while continuing to practise as a silversmith.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAlveston (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stainless steel 18/8, forged and polished
Brief description
Stainless steel, Bloxwich, 1965, made by Old Hall Tableware Ltd., designed by Robert Welch RDI, 1961
Physical description
Four pronged fork with a gently curved outline, no shoulder and concave edges ending in a rounded tip. The fork is made from a blank of slit stainless steel so that the ends can be cross rolled to achieve a varying section.
Dimensions
  • Length: 8.1in
Credit line
Given by Old Hall Tableware Ltd.
Object history
Design Centre Award, 1965. Following the Campden pattern of 1957, this was the second range of cutlery designed by Robert Welch to be made by Old Hall Tableware.
Summary
Robert Welch (1929-2000) was trained at the Birmingham School of Art under Ralph Baxendale and Cyril Shiner. From 1952 to 1955 he was at the Royal College of Art, after which he was appointed as design consultant to J.J. Wiggin of Bloxwich, manufacturers of stainless steel tableware. Throughout his career he undertook many industrial design commissions (he designed the stainless steel tableware for the Orient liner Oriana) while continuing to practise as a silversmith.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Stainless steel tableware designed by Robert Welch, Bloxwich, Old Hall Tableware Ltd. 1963
  • Colin Forbes, ed. Robert Welch; design in a Cotswold workshop, London, Lund Humphries, 1973. pp.21-23. ill.
  • Welch, Robert, Hand and Machine, Mill Chipping Campden, 1986
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.20A-1966

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Record createdMay 31, 2005
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