Design for a dessert knife handle
Design
1847 (made)
1847 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Watercolour design for a dessert knife handle. Signed F.S and dated '47.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Design for a dessert knife handle (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour drawing |
| Brief description | Watercolour drawing by Sir Henry Cole depicting a design for a dessert knife handle. Great Britain, 1847. |
| Physical description | Watercolour design for a dessert knife handle. Signed F.S and dated '47. |
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| Credit line | Presented by A. S. Cole, Esq. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882) was an eminent Victorian and visionary civil servant whose pioneering ideas created the museum which is now the V&A. With Prince Albert, he created the Great Exhibition of 1851, and continued to organise international exhibitions for the duration of his life. He was in charge of a nationwide system of art and science education, and, again with Prince Albert, developed the South Kensington area as the intellectual quarter of London. The Victoria & Albert Museum, of which he was the founding director, remains as his best known memorial, and is a symbol of his mission to education through exhibiting. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.5873-1910 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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