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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 11-15-2017 04:55 PM
  
Wacky Shiebler bell! More photos after the multi-upload function works again. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 11-15-2017 04:56 PM
This was during the period when Fred Flinstone worked in Shiebler's design department. IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 11-15-2017 11:11 PM
Polly this bell is amazing. I'm not sure how much attention has been paid to this, but I feel there was a moment in the 1880s (on the earlier end of the decade) where certain mfrs. focused on hammered textures. More specifically, explored the possibilities of a hammered finish on metal. I love your bell because the design is so abstract--it just seems so ahead of its time (if you took a pic of the handle and said it was a mid-century modernist piece I would believe you). I can't comb thru my archives right now but here are a couple pieces with a wonderful interpretation of hammered silver (Durgin pie slice and Gorham Hamburg cocktail forks) [This message has been edited by Paul Lemieux (edited 11-15-2017).] IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 11-16-2017 12:49 AM
Paul, you are absolutely right about the exploration of hammered textures during that period and the abstract modernist look to the handle of this bell. I thought it looked very 1950s-70s (hence the Fred Flintstone joke). One thing I love about the bell is the way the hammer marks on the lower section (the bell part) graduate in size from big at the top to small at the bottom. It's probably supposed to look primitive, but it's exquisitely controlled. (Or could it be just an artifact of how one makes bells?) I have a set of demitasse spoons by Dominick & Haff that have a similar hammered texture to the bell's handle and your pie slice, with those long, irregular strokes. I'll post a photo soon. And in the same shopping spree that brought me the bell, I also got some hammered Shiebler spoons in a pattern related to Etruscan, but with applied critters instead of struck medallion faces. I will post photos of those eventually, too, preferably when I don't have to upload photos one at a time. IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 11-16-2017 10:35 AM
I am very interested in this period! I really like the ones with the medallion along with the hammered finish. I have a few examples, but not nearly as many as I'd like! Great stuff in this thread! IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 11-16-2017 12:55 PM
Yay, the new multifile upload function works! Here are the Dominick & Haff hammered demitasse spoons. These may be the demitasse spoons I use most often. They're incredibly appealing in person: delicate and witty. And I adore that monogram. The mark: IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 11-16-2017 01:00 PM
Slightly blurry close-up of the wonderful monogram: IP: Logged |
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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 11-16-2017 01:01 PM
A nice contrast in textures between the chunky looking bell and the more delicate spoons. I love them both. IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 11-16-2017 01:03 PM
And here, as promised, are the Shiebler Etruscan-like demitasse spoons with critters. This is a set of 6; I bought 4 individual ones along with them, with different monograms (and shapes, and critters), but I haven't polished them yet. I think my favorite is the spider. Which is your favorite? IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 11-16-2017 01:07 PM
Thank you, Agphile. Yes, it's amazing what different effects they achieved using similar techniques. I love this period in American silver design. IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 11-17-2017 12:25 PM
Polly those are awesome! IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 11-18-2017 02:56 PM
Thanks, TJ! More c. 1870s hammered silver, this time a Wood & Hughes candy dish? nut dish? I don't know why the lighting makes it look so grimy, I swear I polished it! With a pencil and some matches to show scale: IP: Logged |
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asheland Posts: 935 |
posted 11-20-2017 11:27 AM
Polly, I believe that darkness you're seeing is firescale. Maybe Robert can confirm that. I have many pieces that show that in the reflections. Awesome piece by the way! IP: Logged |
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