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Bottle holder

Ref: 2589
  • Designer / Maker

    Designed by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904)

    Manufactured by Hukin & Heath (various partnerships 1855-1953)

  • Detail

    Electroplated nickel silver and ebonised wood

    Height: 18 cm

    English (Birmingham), circa 1884

  • Marked

    Design registration number 1343, pattern number 3128 and maker’s mark for Hukin & Heath (see right)

  • Notes

    An identical bottle holder, lacking the spring inside the base, is reproduced in Michael Whiteway, Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, Milan, 2001, no. 75.  This same bottle holder, from the collection of Andrew McIntosh Patrick, sold Lyon & Turnbull, 19 April 2005, lot 32, bt Blairman.

    A variant, with a different way of securing the bottle, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1990.123.2. Another of the same design was sold by Christie’s (London), 8 November 2011, lot 248.