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Waylander Posts: 131 Registered: Sep 2004	posted 04-11-2005 05:08 AM Hello all I was recently given a wonderful sugar sifter by my better half for my birthday. I'm at work, so the piece is not in front of me, but it's got the traditional H & H mark of Hukin and Heath. Interestingly, it's also from the period when Dresser was designing (for example, it is marked with the Queens head). Now the questions (please forgive my lack of experience): a) who was Charles Dresser? b) is there any book or collection of books on pieces designed by him c) (if the moderators will let this question through....) - are pieces by him that much more valuable than other "un Dresser pieces" and if so, why? I will endevour this week to put a picture of my present up; it is a delighful piece. Thanks in advance all Waylander IP: Logged
Silver Lyon Posts: 363 Registered: Oct 2004	posted 04-11-2005 05:41 AM What a lot of Questions! CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) Was probably THE MOST IMPORTANT designer when it comes to applied arts, of the c.19th. He trained as an architect and made a point of travelling, including Turkey, Persia and even Japan. He even, I believe, spent a little time with Tiffany & Co. His design studio produced designs for many manufacturers including Minton (pots); Coalbrookdale (cast iron); James Dixon, Elkington & Co., and Hukin & Heath (silver and electroplate); Benham & Froud (copper & brass. There is plenty of literature - I don't know of one book that is better than the others (some other members might). Just because your piece is H&H DOES NOT make it Dresser - they adapted and produced pastiches of many of his designs as well as producing the unadulterated object. In my view H&H are always a good thing - there is still much to be discovered about them and their other designers (as well as more abouth Dresser's later contributions). Hope this helps IP: Logged
William Hood Posts: 271 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 04-11-2005 11:36 AM Two useful books about Christopher Dresser that include many illustrations of his designs: 1) Stuart Durant, Christopher Dresser (Academy Editions/Ernst & Sohn, London, 1993). 2) Michael Whiteway, Christopher Dresser 1834-1904 (Skira, Turin, 2001). IP: Logged
doc Posts: 730 Registered: Jul 2003	posted 04-12-2005 09:20 AM I also noticed in the Events and Exhibitions forum that there was a Dresser exhibit in 2004 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and that there was a catalog to go with it. You might want to check that Forum listing as well. IP: Logged
Patrick Vyvyan Posts: 640 Registered: May 2003	posted 04-12-2005 09:30 AM Another useful introduction to Dresser is: Chritopher Dresser - Pioneer of Modern Design by Widar Halén, Phaidon, London, 1990, ISBN 0 7148 2952 8 IP: Logged

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