Coffee Pot
1992 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Sigurd Persson (1914-2003) was the son of a silversmith. He studied in Munich before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, and then in Stockholm. He has enjoyed an internationally successful career as a silversmith, jeweller and industrial designer. He was an important influence on British silversmiths during the 1950s and 1960s.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, with an elm handle |
| Brief description | Silver, wooden handle, Stockholm, designed and made by Sigurd Persson, 1992 |
| Physical description | Coffee pot, silver with an elm wood handle. The body, a plain cylinder with a domed lid, hinged at the side and with a plain, hemi-spherical thumbpiece; the spout attached to the centre of the body rises upwards at at an angle of 45°, is hemispherical in cross section with a flat top. The handle of elm wood, placed opposite the spout faces downwards and fits into a socket, similar in cross section to the spout with a plain, moulded edge. The surface of the silver is given an overall, hammered finish. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Marked on the base with marks for Stockholm and Sigurd Persson. |
| Object history | Persson, the son of a silversmith, studied in Munich before the war and in Stockholm after its outbreak. He has enjoyed an internationally successful career as a silversmith, jeweller and industrial designer. He was an important influence on British silversmiths during the 1950s and 1960s. |
| Summary | Sigurd Persson (1914-2003) was the son of a silversmith. He studied in Munich before the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, and then in Stockholm. He has enjoyed an internationally successful career as a silversmith, jeweller and industrial designer. He was an important influence on British silversmiths during the 1950s and 1960s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.13-1995 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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