Kettle
1895-1900 (designed and made)
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| Place of origin |
Arthur Stansfield Dixon (1856-1929) was an architect, designer and metalworker. He initiated a series of evening classes for instruction in beaten metalwork and other handicrafts in 1893. In 1895 this grew into the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, with the Rt. Hon. William kendrick as Chairman of the organising committee, and Claude Napier-Clavering as Managing Director. Napier-Clavering took over from Dixon much of the silver design, but Dixon continued to design for base metals, which constituted the Guild's greatest output. The Guild later moved from their original workshops in Edmund Street to premises at 45 Great Charles Street, designed and built by Dixon. In 1910, on the advice of R. Llewellyn Rathbone, the Guild absorbed the firm of Gittins, Craftsmen Ltd., thereby expanding their output.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Brass, raised and cast |
| Brief description | Kettle, brass, Birmingham, Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, 1895-1900, designed by Arthur Stansfield Dixon. |
| Physical description | Kettle, brass, rising from a circular base reducing to an elongated neck, the lid has a domed top and a cast knop. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Stamped: BGH (On each side of the handle. The initials for the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft.) |
| Credit line | Gift of G.H.S. Dixon |
| Summary | Arthur Stansfield Dixon (1856-1929) was an architect, designer and metalworker. He initiated a series of evening classes for instruction in beaten metalwork and other handicrafts in 1893. In 1895 this grew into the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, with the Rt. Hon. William kendrick as Chairman of the organising committee, and Claude Napier-Clavering as Managing Director. Napier-Clavering took over from Dixon much of the silver design, but Dixon continued to design for base metals, which constituted the Guild's greatest output. The Guild later moved from their original workshops in Edmund Street to premises at 45 Great Charles Street, designed and built by Dixon. In 1910, on the advice of R. Llewellyn Rathbone, the Guild absorbed the firm of Gittins, Craftsmen Ltd., thereby expanding their output. |
| Bibliographic reference | peter Floud, ed. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Victorian & Edwardian Decorative Arts, London, HMSO, 1952 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.196-1953 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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