Cybell
Salt
1898-1889 (made)
1898-1889 (made)
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Cymric was the name given to a range of original silver and jewellery that A. L. Liberty sponsored in 1898, and which was first exhibited at his shop in the spring of the following year. Although the mark registered at the Goldsmiths’ Company was entered in his name, the majority of the silver and jewellery was made by W. H. Haseler of Birmingham, who became a joint partner in the project, after designs supplied by Oliver Baker and the Silver Studio. Archibald Knox, a Manxman who had worked for Christopher Dresser, was one of the most gifted designers employed by the Silver Studio; he supplied the majority of Liberty metalwork designs between 1899 and 1912.
Object details
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| Title | Cybell (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver |
| Brief description | Silver, London hallmarks for 1898-9, mark of Liberty & Co. |
| Physical description | Silver salt, no liner, CYBELL pattern. Rectangular in form the long sides having curved edges with pierced decoration at each end. The sides are also chased with decoration in the form of heart shaped leaves on trailing stems against a slightly roughened surface. They project below the box of the salt forming four runner feet. |
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| Object history | Acquisition RF: 76 / 369 Purchase - £60 Liberty & Co., Regent Street, W1 One of a pair. Probably exhibited in an exhibition of CYMRIC silver-work in May 1899 under the name CYBELL. |
| Summary | Cymric was the name given to a range of original silver and jewellery that A. L. Liberty sponsored in 1898, and which was first exhibited at his shop in the spring of the following year. Although the mark registered at the Goldsmiths’ Company was entered in his name, the majority of the silver and jewellery was made by W. H. Haseler of Birmingham, who became a joint partner in the project, after designs supplied by Oliver Baker and the Silver Studio. Archibald Knox, a Manxman who had worked for Christopher Dresser, was one of the most gifted designers employed by the Silver Studio; he supplied the majority of Liberty metalwork designs between 1899 and 1912. |
| Associated object | CIRC.320A-1976 (Set) |
| Bibliographic reference | Liberty's, 1875-1975: an exhibition to mark the firm's centenary July-October 1975, London, V&A, 1975
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| Accession number | CIRC.320-1976 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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