Teapot, ca. 1880

  • Christopher Dresser, English, 1834-1904
  • James Dixon & Sons, English, 1806 - 1992

Silver plate and ebony

  • Overall: 5 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches (14 × 22.2 × 10.8 cm)

Museum Purchase, gift of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Collection by exchange

2008.424

On View

  • Modern, Level 2, North

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

(H. Blairman and Sons, London, England)

2008-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Darr, Alan Phipps, Yao-Fen You, and Megan Reddicks. “Recent Acquisitions (2007–15) of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts.” The Burlington Magazine 158 (June 2016): pp. 501–512, p. 512 (ill.). Furniture and Works of Art. Sales cat., H. Blairman & Sons Ltd. London, 2008, no. 15 (ill.).

Christopher Dresser; James Dixon & Sons, Teapot, ca. 1880, silver plate and ebony. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, gift of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Collection by exchange, 2008.424.