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Alveston
Welch, Robert - Enlarge image
Alveston
- Object:
Jug for hotwater
- Place of origin:
Chipping Campden, England (designed)
Bloxwich, England (manufactured) - Date:
1962 (designed)
1962 (manufactured) - Artist/Maker:
Welch, Robert (RDI), born 1929 - died 2000 (designer)
Old Hall Tableware Ltd. (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Stainless steel with satin finish, cast by the lost wax process
- Museum number:
M.19A-1978
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Robert Welch trained in drawing, painting and silversmithing at Malvern School of Art and then at Birmingham College of Art. He began his studies at the Royal College of Art in 1952 and enrolled in the silversmithing school under Robert Gooden.
His interest in stainless steel began with a visit to Scandinavia as a student and was followed by a period of work at the firm of J&J Wiggin in Bloxwich. He created a range of influential designs for mass produced domestic items but also one-off commissions of handmade silver.
