Teapot
1900-1901 (designed and made)
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| Place of origin |
The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft was established in 1890 by local admirers of Ruskin and Morris, with Montague Fordham as one of the first directors. The Guild employed about 20 craftsmen and occupied a medieval building, Kyrle Hall, in Sheep Street in Birmingham. Pressure of work forced the Guild to expand and in 1895, it became a limited company. Arthur Dixon (1856-1929), the metalworker, was the chief designer for the Guild and he wrote a summary of the Guild’s aims and ideals for <font –i>The Quest</font> (Vol. II), a quarterly magazine hand printed on the premises in Sheep Street. In 1910, financial problems were resolved by amalgamation with the metalworking firm of E.& R. Gittins, who made fine jewellery as well as the architectural metalwork in which the Guild specialised.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, wooden handle, hinged lid |
| Brief description | Teapot, silver with stained black wooden handle and knop, Birmingham hallmarks for 1900-01, mark of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, probably designed by Arthur Dixon |
| Physical description | Teapot, silver with stained wooden handle and knop to the lid. The body swelling towards the top, the circular, domed lid attached to the body by a hinge at the rear, the circular foot soldered to the body at the base. |
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| Production type | small batch |
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| Credit line | Gift of Mrs Elsie Bambridge |
| Object history | Originally acquired and used for many years by Mrs Rudyard Kipling and given to the V&A by her daughter, Mrs Elsie Bambridge. |
| Association | |
| Summary | The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft was established in 1890 by local admirers of Ruskin and Morris, with Montague Fordham as one of the first directors. The Guild employed about 20 craftsmen and occupied a medieval building, Kyrle Hall, in Sheep Street in Birmingham. Pressure of work forced the Guild to expand and in 1895, it became a limited company. Arthur Dixon (1856-1929), the metalworker, was the chief designer for the Guild and he wrote a summary of the Guild’s aims and ideals for <font –i>The Quest</font> (Vol. II), a quarterly magazine hand printed on the premises in Sheep Street. In 1910, financial problems were resolved by amalgamation with the metalworking firm of E.& R. Gittins, who made fine jewellery as well as the architectural metalwork in which the Guild specialised. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.266-1961 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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