Cigarette box
Cigarette Box
1898-1899 (made)
1898-1899 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Arthur Dixon started the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft in 1895. Its aim was to produce work in precious and non-precious metals. Like Charles Robert Ashbee's Guild of Handicraft, the work of the Birmingham Guild was simple in shape and the ornament austere. The surfaces were softly planished rather than brilliantly polished. The aims and organisation of the Birmingham Guild, however, were more thoroughly commercial than those of the Guild of Handicraft.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Cigarette box (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, embossed and engraved |
| Brief description | Cigarette Box, silver, Birmingham hallmarks for 1898-9, mark of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. |
| Physical description | Silver, the hinged lid decorated with embossed and engraved stylised interlacing foliage. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | BGHO all within a triangular shaped shield for the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. Birmingham hallmarks for 1898-9. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by R. H. Roberts |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 54 / 1229 Bequest - R H Roberts Dorsington Manor, Stratford - Upon - Avon Arthur Dixon started the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft in 1895 to produce work in precious and non precious metals. Like Ashbee's Guild of Handicraft, the work of the Birmingham Guild was simple in shape, the ornament austere and the surfaces softly planished rather than brilliantly polished. Their aims and organisation however were more thoroughly commercial than those of Ashbee's. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Arthur Dixon started the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft in 1895. Its aim was to produce work in precious and non-precious metals. Like Charles Robert Ashbee's Guild of Handicraft, the work of the Birmingham Guild was simple in shape and the ornament austere. The surfaces were softly planished rather than brilliantly polished. The aims and organisation of the Birmingham Guild, however, were more thoroughly commercial than those of the Guild of Handicraft. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.342-1955 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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