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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 67, The Whiteley Galleries

Cruet Frame

1904 (made), 1881-1893 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Many of the smaller railway companies were amalgamated into larger operating units after the First World War. The cruet frame may have been used on a railway steamer from 1904 and re-engraved with the new company's initials. A very similar design for a cruet in the Elkington pattern books, with three condiment trays, is labelled "Dresser, June 9th 1885."


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Electroplated nickel silver
Brief description
Electroplated nickel silver, Birmingham, 1904, made by Elkington and Co., designed by Christopher Dresser
Physical description
Cruet stand consisting of two spun hemi-spherical bowls, joined by a flat plate from which rises a plain rod with a short cross bar at the top. The two glass cruets, for oil and vinegar, missing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.9cm
  • Length: 17.5cm
  • Width: 8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Elkington & Co’, 18309, 48, E&Co, S - date letter for 1904; Word begining with ‘H’ and ending in ‘M’, the rest is worn~Reverse of tray base: stamp of laurel wreath with inscription ‘LMS STEAMERS’
Credit line
On Loan from the Science Museum Group
Object history
National Railway Museum Loan
Two small circular trays attached by two horizontal pieces of metal from which a T-shaped handle protrudes. Engraved 'LMS STEAMERS' for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway formed in 1923 which ran steamer services to Ireland, Isle of Man and in the Clyde. Many of the smaller railway companies were amalgamated into larger operating units after the First World War. The cruet frame may have been used on a railway steamer from 1904 and re-engraved with the new company's initials. A very similar design for a cruet in the Elkington pattern books, with three condiment trays, is labelled "Dresser, June 9th 1885.
Subject depicted
Summary
Many of the smaller railway companies were amalgamated into larger operating units after the First World War. The cruet frame may have been used on a railway steamer from 1904 and re-engraved with the new company's initials. A very similar design for a cruet in the Elkington pattern books, with three condiment trays, is labelled "Dresser, June 9th 1885."
Other number
1983-8222 - Lender Object Number
Collection
Accession number
LOAN:NRM YORK.1:2-1999

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Record createdMarch 16, 2004
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