Dish
ca. 1903 (made)
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Object Type
This dish made of pewter was probably designed by Archibald Knox and was manufactured by the Birmingham firm of W.H. Haseler for the Liberty 'Tudric' range.
Design & Designing
Knox's designs owe much to the immediate precedents offered by the British Arts and Crafts Movement and the work of C.R. Ashbee and his Guild of Handicraft, in particular. The characteristics shared by the designs produced by Knox and Ashbee include expanses of plain metal, concentrated fluid ornament and monochrome enamel work. Ashbee was to complain later that Liberty's plagiarised his ideas and principles but in this he was wrong. Liberty metalwork was altogether richer, more assured and self confident than the work of the Guild of Handicraft. Knox and his colleagues,both his fellow designers at the Silver Studio and Liberty management who gave their undoubted support, had moved the Arts and Crafts stylistic principles another stage forward. In so doing, they had created a distinctive British version of Art Nouveau.
Materials & Making
Because pewter objects are formed when the metal is in a molten state, cast in moulds, pewter lent itself readily to the sinuous, twisting forms of the Art Nouveau style.
This dish made of pewter was probably designed by Archibald Knox and was manufactured by the Birmingham firm of W.H. Haseler for the Liberty 'Tudric' range.
Design & Designing
Knox's designs owe much to the immediate precedents offered by the British Arts and Crafts Movement and the work of C.R. Ashbee and his Guild of Handicraft, in particular. The characteristics shared by the designs produced by Knox and Ashbee include expanses of plain metal, concentrated fluid ornament and monochrome enamel work. Ashbee was to complain later that Liberty's plagiarised his ideas and principles but in this he was wrong. Liberty metalwork was altogether richer, more assured and self confident than the work of the Guild of Handicraft. Knox and his colleagues,both his fellow designers at the Silver Studio and Liberty management who gave their undoubted support, had moved the Arts and Crafts stylistic principles another stage forward. In so doing, they had created a distinctive British version of Art Nouveau.
Materials & Making
Because pewter objects are formed when the metal is in a molten state, cast in moulds, pewter lent itself readily to the sinuous, twisting forms of the Art Nouveau style.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pewter |
| Brief description | Liberty pewter dish |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Impressed on the base: 'TUDRIC 044' |
| Gallery label | British Galleries:
TUDRIC' PEWTER This ink pot and dish are from Liberty & Co.'s range of less expensive domestic metalwork, called 'Tudric'. The name is thought to derive from two words, Tudor, and Teudoric, the name of a Welsh saint, representing tradition and reliability. They were probably designed by Archibald Knox and the designs supplied through the Silver Studio.The interlacing motifs show Knox's interest in Celtic design.(27/03/2003) |
| Object history | Probably designed by Archibald Knox (born in Cronkbourne, Tromode, Isle of Man, 1864, died in Douglas, Isle of Man, 1933); made in Birmingham by W.H. Haseler for Liberty & Co. |
| Summary | Object Type This dish made of pewter was probably designed by Archibald Knox and was manufactured by the Birmingham firm of W.H. Haseler for the Liberty 'Tudric' range. Design & Designing Knox's designs owe much to the immediate precedents offered by the British Arts and Crafts Movement and the work of C.R. Ashbee and his Guild of Handicraft, in particular. The characteristics shared by the designs produced by Knox and Ashbee include expanses of plain metal, concentrated fluid ornament and monochrome enamel work. Ashbee was to complain later that Liberty's plagiarised his ideas and principles but in this he was wrong. Liberty metalwork was altogether richer, more assured and self confident than the work of the Guild of Handicraft. Knox and his colleagues,both his fellow designers at the Silver Studio and Liberty management who gave their undoubted support, had moved the Arts and Crafts stylistic principles another stage forward. In so doing, they had created a distinctive British version of Art Nouveau. Materials & Making Because pewter objects are formed when the metal is in a molten state, cast in moulds, pewter lent itself readily to the sinuous, twisting forms of the Art Nouveau style. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.322-1976 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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