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Teapot
Arthur Stansfield Dixon, born 1856 - died 1929 - Enlarge image
Teapot
- Place of origin:
Birmingham (designed and made)
- Date:
1900-1901 (designed and made)
- Artist/Maker:
Arthur Stansfield Dixon, born 1856 - died 1929 (designer)
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft (maker) - Materials and Techniques:
Silver, wooden handle, hinged lid
- Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs Elsie Bambridge
- Museum number:
CIRC.266-1961
- Gallery location:
In Storage
The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft was established in 1890 by local admirers of Ruskin and Morris, with Montague Fordham as one of the first directors. The Guild employed about 20 craftsmen and occupied a medieval building, Kyrle Hall, in Sheep Street in Birmingham. Pressure of work forced the Guild to expand and in 1895, it became a limited company. Arthur Dixon (1856-1929), the metalworker, was the chief designer for the Guild and he wrote a summary of the Guild’s aims and ideals for <font –i>The Quest</font> (Vol. II), a quarterly magazine hand printed on the premises in Sheep Street. In 1910, financial problems were resolved by amalgamation with the metalworking firm of E.& R. Gittins, who made fine jewellery as well as the architectural metalwork in which the Guild specialised.
