Kettle and stand
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1885
name: label: Designer
content: Christopher Dresser, (Scottish, 1834–1904)
label: Manufacturer
content: Benham & Froud, Ltd., British, c. 1855-1924
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Wrought iron stand (d) on three legs, with tendril curls of iron to create struts between legs, and to form overhanging curved handle. Globular copper kettle (a) with flared neck, angled spout, and three legs, with inset lid (b) with turned ebony finial. Pot with brass handles and cylindrical ebony handle, which hangs from overhanging iron stand above a copper burner (c).
place: label: made in
content: London, England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from the Decorative Arts Acquisition Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1990-167-1-a/d
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Kettle and stand
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper, brass, ebony (kettle), wrought iron (stand)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (kettle): 24.8 x 21.6 x 15.2 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 6 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (stand): 73.7 x 40.6 x 39.4 cm (29 x 16 x 15 1/2 in.)