Design
1910-12 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Of Scottish and Manx origina, Knox first designed silverware for the shop of Liberty & Co in London, which included some of his designs in the influential 'Cymric' silver and jewellery range launched in 1899. His distinctly decorative Celtic forms contributed to the development of the Liberty House style known as 'Stile Liberty'. This design for a condiment set, comprising pepper pot, mustard pot, salt pot and spoon indicates the types of tablewares used in the middle-class dining room in the first decade of the century. Ruckert's designs with unusually muted colours had a modern touch to them and some had suggestions of more Art Nouveau influenced forms.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | Design for a condiment set, c. 1910, by Archibald Knox |
| Physical description | Design for a condiment set |
| Object history | This is one of a group of 134 drawings acquired by the donor at the end of the summer term of 1912 at Kingston Art School, where Archibald Knox was a teacher. She retrieved them from Knox's wastepaper basket and donated them to the V&A in 1969. The designs were probably unaccepted submissions to Liberty's department store. That same year, Knox abruptly broke off contact with the art schools and Liberty's and returned to the Isle of Man. |
| Summary | Of Scottish and Manx origina, Knox first designed silverware for the shop of Liberty & Co in London, which included some of his designs in the influential 'Cymric' silver and jewellery range launched in 1899. His distinctly decorative Celtic forms contributed to the development of the Liberty House style known as 'Stile Liberty'. This design for a condiment set, comprising pepper pot, mustard pot, salt pot and spoon indicates the types of tablewares used in the middle-class dining room in the first decade of the century. Ruckert's designs with unusually muted colours had a modern touch to them and some had suggestions of more Art Nouveau influenced forms. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.348-1969 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
