Knife Rest
ca.1903 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The designs for the Tudric range, as with the Cymric range of silver and jewellery, were supplied by the Silver Studio which had offices in Brook Green, Hammersmith. Attributing individual designs to particular designers has been hampered by Liberty's policy of keeping their identity anonymous. Nonetheless, subsequent research over the years has identified the principal contributors. From the Silver Studio they included Rex Silver, the studio head after 1896, his brother Harry Silver, Harry Napper, John Illingworth Kay and most prominently of all, Archibald Knox (1864-1933), a gifted designer from the Isle of Man who started working for the Studio in 1898.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pewter, cast |
| Brief description | Knife rest, pewter, (one of a pair), Birmingham, made by W.H. Haseler for Liberty & Co., ca.1903 |
| Physical description | Knife rest, (one of a pair), cast in openwork pewter slightly curved across the topand stand on triple "buttress" supports, curved at the outer edge |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by Nancy Winter in memory of her father, Frances Grandy manager of Liberty's Jewellery and Silver Department, 1888-1932. |
| Object history | Given by Mrs Nancy Winter and her brother in memory of their father, Francis Gandy, manager of Liberty's Jewellery and Silver Department, 1888-1932. |
| Summary | The designs for the Tudric range, as with the Cymric range of silver and jewellery, were supplied by the Silver Studio which had offices in Brook Green, Hammersmith. Attributing individual designs to particular designers has been hampered by Liberty's policy of keeping their identity anonymous. Nonetheless, subsequent research over the years has identified the principal contributors. From the Silver Studio they included Rex Silver, the studio head after 1896, his brother Harry Silver, Harry Napper, John Illingworth Kay and most prominently of all, Archibald Knox (1864-1933), a gifted designer from the Isle of Man who started working for the Studio in 1898. |
| Associated object | M.319A-1977 (Pair) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.319-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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