Mug
1895 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Arthur Dixon (1856-1929) trained as an architect and was a friend of William Morris. He founded the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, which started as a series of evening classes. When Dixon became Managing Director, Claude Napier Clavering took over much of the silver design. Dixon remained primarily responsible for the design of base metals, which formed the largest part of the Guild's output. The Birmingham Guild was always more commercially aware than Charles Robert Ashbee with his Guild of Handicraft. It expanded significantly in 1910, when it absorbed the firm of Gittins, Craftsmen Ltd.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, hand raised with a forged and riveted handle |
| Brief description | Silver, no marks, Birmingham, 1895, designed and made by Arthur Stansfield Dixon. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | No marks |
| Credit line | Gifr of G.H.S. Dixon |
| Object history | Designed and made by Arthur S Dixon (1856-1929) about 1895 as one of a set of three mugs for his children. Given by G.H.S. Dixon |
| Summary | Arthur Dixon (1856-1929) trained as an architect and was a friend of William Morris. He founded the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, which started as a series of evening classes. When Dixon became Managing Director, Claude Napier Clavering took over much of the silver design. Dixon remained primarily responsible for the design of base metals, which formed the largest part of the Guild's output. The Birmingham Guild was always more commercially aware than Charles Robert Ashbee with his Guild of Handicraft. It expanded significantly in 1910, when it absorbed the firm of Gittins, Craftsmen Ltd. |
| Associated objects | |
| Bibliographic reference | Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.197-1953 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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