Alveston
Knife
1961 (designed), 1966 (made)
1961 (designed), 1966 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Robert Welch (1929-2000) was trained at the Birmingham School of Art under Ralph Baxendale and Cyril Shiner. From 1952 to 1955 he was at the Royal College of Art, after which he was appointed as design consultant to J.J. Wiggin of Bloxwich, manufacturers of stainless steel tableware. Throughout his career he undertook many industrial design commissions (he designed the stainless steel tableware for the Orient liner Oriana) while continuing to practise as a silversmith.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Alveston (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stainless steel 18/8, forged, welded and polished |
| Brief description | Stainless steel, Bloxwich, 1965, made by Old Hall Tableware Ltd., designed by Robert Welch RDI, 1961 |
| Physical description | The blade with a straight upper edge, rounded tip and curved cutting edge attached to a handle with concave edges ending in a rounded tip. The handles are hollow with a concave section on both sides formed by pressing in two halves and argon welding them together. The blade which is hot forged from a bar of stainless steel, has a pronounced bolster which is also argon welded on to the handle. |
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| Credit line | Given by Old Hall Tableware Ltd. |
| Object history | Design Centre Award, 1965. Following the Campden pattern of 1957, this was the second range of cutlery designed by Robert Welch to be made by Old Hall Tableware. |
| Summary | Robert Welch (1929-2000) was trained at the Birmingham School of Art under Ralph Baxendale and Cyril Shiner. From 1952 to 1955 he was at the Royal College of Art, after which he was appointed as design consultant to J.J. Wiggin of Bloxwich, manufacturers of stainless steel tableware. Throughout his career he undertook many industrial design commissions (he designed the stainless steel tableware for the Orient liner Oriana) while continuing to practise as a silversmith. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.20-1966 |
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| Record created | May 31, 2005 |
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