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Dessert Stand

1863-1864 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This group of three dessert stands owes much to a swan service shown by James Dixon and Sons of Sheffield at the International Exhibition held in London in 1862. The Dixon stands were illustrated in the Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition, London, 1862, p.70.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Dessert Stand
  • Dish
  • Flute
Materials and techniques
Silver, parcel gilt with decorated glass dish.
Brief description
Dessert stand, one of a set of three, silver, parcel-gilt with circular glass dish, Birmingham hallmarks for 1863-64, mark of William Gough.
Physical description
Dessert stand, silver, parcel-gilt with a circular glass dish, the centre with an additional trumpet shaped, glass vase set in silver, , trilobed gilt base on three shell feet on which rest three silver swans rising from stylised foliage, their wings upraised, their necks curving forward on to their breasts. The swans and foliage are of matted silver. The wings support a trumpet shaped gilt holder for the shallow glass dish, sand blasted with interlacing strapwork ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41cm
  • Width: 23cm
Credit line
Formerly in the collection of Charles and Lavinia Handley-Read.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This group of three dessert stands owes much to a swan service shown by James Dixon and Sons of Sheffield at the International Exhibition held in London in 1862. The Dixon stands were illustrated in the Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition, London, 1862, p.70.
Collection
Accession number
M.48:1-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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