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Coal scuttle

  • Designer / Maker / Retailer

    Designed by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904)

    Manufactured by Chubb & Son,  for the Art Furnishers Alliance (established 1880)

  • Detail

    Ebonised and gilded wood, with brass mounts

    English (London), circa 1880

  • Provenance

    […]; private collection, 2001-2022

  • Collection

    Private collection

  • Notes

    A contemporary photograph of the present coal scuttle is in the Chubb Archive.

    For a closely related example, see Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, London, 2001, no. 189

    The Fine Art Society, Truth Beauty Power: The Designs of Dr Christopher Dresser.  The John Scott Collection, 2014, no. 135 (for the above example).

    A close variant, from the collection of Paul Walter, is in an American private collection.

    Acquired from the Winter Show, New York, 2023; no professional image available.