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Milk Jug

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
Milk jug
Materials and techniques
Silver
Silver
Raising
Brief description
Milk jug from a tea service, silver, Birmingham, 1935-36, mark of Adie Brothers Ltd., designed by Harold Stabler
Physical description
Milk jug, (part of a tea service), silver, rectangular, rounded corners on shallow, moulded bracket feet. The handle, a silver strip, similar to those on the hot water vessel and teapot, a rectangular loop, stepped in and curved under below, the spout a small projecting lip.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.2cm
  • Length: 11cm (Note: Includes handle and spout.)
Style
Art Deco
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
  • 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 of Decorative Arts, 1938. p.118
  • Jennifer Hawkins and Marianne Hollis, 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.
  • Carol Hogben, ed. Britsh Art and Design, 1900-1960, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983, pp.144-45. ill.
  • Eric Turner, An Introduction to English Silver from 1660, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, p.42. ill.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.291B-1976

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2003
Record URL
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