Cake Slice
1995 (made)
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This piece is an attractive illustration of minimalism in design. Justine Huntley takes her influence and inspiration from her love of Scandinavian design and style and the Bauhaus, which results in objects that are concerned with balance, light, proportion and scale. Her server seems to combine simple Eastern form, in the chopstick-like handle, with a love of geometric shapes and revealed construction.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver with an 18 carat gold pin |
| Brief description | Silver and 18 carat gold, London hallmarks for 1995, mark of Justine Huntley |
| Physical description | The blade is a broad asymmetric forged knife shape with a slanted flat leading edge and is vaguely reminiscent of a scimitar shape. The left and leading edges are chamfered. The rear edge of the blade breaks up into a slanted apron with a maximum height of 3 cm. The handle consists of two square rods of uneven length, 4mm on each side, that pass through the apron and are tied together by a spiral roll of approximately twenty-four-gauge silver sheet and held by a gold pin. The apron pass-throughs are strengthened by the application of two small sixteen gauge (1.3 cm) squares on the back of the apron. The blade and apron are scratch brushed and the handle rods are randomly sharp brushed. |
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| Gallery label | This collection of silver slices, all commissioned over a period of twenty years by Professor Benton Seymour Rabinovitch FRS, is proof of the skill and diversity of contemporary silversmiths. Each artist craftsman has responded to the familiar functional form of the slice in an individual way, producing an astonishingly diverse range of interpretations. Each piece becomes an enchanting, decorative work of art. Professor Rabinovitch established a close rapport with each artist, always encouraging a freedom of creative expression. The response of these silversmiths has been not only to be strikingly imaginative but also to honour him by giving him their best work.
This collection is testimony to the significant contribution that one individual can make to supporting the craft of silversmithing. After commissioning work from some of the most illustrious names in British and North American silversmithing, Professor Rabinovitch has very generously donated his entire collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum, through the American Friends of the V&A.(2005) |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Professor B. Seymour Rabinovitch |
| Historical context | Part of a collection of fish slices commissioned by Professor Rabinovitch from contemporary North American and British makers. |
| Summary | This piece is an attractive illustration of minimalism in design. Justine Huntley takes her influence and inspiration from her love of Scandinavian design and style and the Bauhaus, which results in objects that are concerned with balance, light, proportion and scale. Her server seems to combine simple Eastern form, in the chopstick-like handle, with a love of geometric shapes and revealed construction. |
| Bibliographic reference | Benton Seymour Rabinovitch and Helen Clifford, Contemporary Silver, commissioning designing collecting, London, Merrell, pp.54-55. ill. ISBN.1858941040 |
| Other number | LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.81-2005 - previous loan number |
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| Accession number | M.54-2008 |
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| Record created | May 9, 2008 |
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