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Teapot

1935-1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Adie Brothers Ltd. (manufacturer)
Stabler, Harold (designer)
Place of origin
Birmingham (made)

This tea service was made to a design commissioned from the London designer and silversmith, Harold Stabler (1872-1945), hence the greater `Art Deco' influence than is perceptible on any of the other silverware made in Birmingham between the two world wars.


Object details

Categories
Images Online
Metalwork
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Drinking
SCRAN
Object type
Teapot
Materials and techniques
Silver, ivory and wood
Silver
Ivory
Raising
Brief description
Teapot from a tea service, silver, ivory and wood, Birmingham hallmarks for 1935-36, mark of Adie Brothers Ltd., designed by Harold Stabler.
Physical description
Teapot from a tea service designed by Harold Stabler; silver, ivory and wood; rectangular with rounded edges, shallow moulded bracket feet, sqaut curved spout with with everted lip. The wooden handle , a rectangular loop, stepped and curved at the lower outer angle. The hinged lid, flat and rectangular, surmounted byt a semi-circular ivory knop.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Maximum, including handle and spout. length: 19.8cm
Style
Art Deco
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
  • STABLER
  • REG. APPLIED FOR. (Inscribed on the underside of the teapot.)
  • Birmingham hallmarks for 1935-36
  • Mark of Adie Brothers Ltd.
Object history
An electroplated version of this tea service dating from 1936 and bearing the Registered Design number, 810664 was included in Birmingham Gold and Silver, 1773-1973, an exhibition at the Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery celebrating the bicentenary of the Birmingham Assay Office, (28/07/1973-16/09/1973), cat.no. H105. Some electroplated versions and possibly the silver versions as well were sold with a brown, Bakelite tray, with upright internal divisions to locate each vessel.
Summary
This tea service was made to a design commissioned from the London designer and silversmith, Harold Stabler (1872-1945), hence the greater `Art Deco' influence than is perceptible on any of the other silverware made in Birmingham between the two world wars.
Bibliographic references
  • Studio Yearbook, 1938, ill.
  • Carol Hogben ed. British Art and Design, 1900-1960, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983, pp.144-145, ill.
  • Eric Turner, An Introduction to English Silver from 1660, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, P.42. ill.
  • Jennifer Hawkins and Marianne Hollis, ed. Thirties, British Art and Design before the War, London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979, p.139
  • Kenneth Crisp Jones, ed. The Silversmiths of Birmingham and their Marks: 1750-1980, London, NAG Press, 1981, p.222. ill.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.291-1976

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2003
Record URL
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