Liberty & Company (British, founded 1875). <em>Tea Service: Sugar Bowl</em>, ca. 1903. Hammered pewter, 2 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (6.4 x 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund, 71.71c. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.71c_bw.jpg)

Liberty & Company (British, founded 1875). Tea Service: Sugar Bowl, ca. 1903. Hammered pewter, 2 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (6.4 x 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund, 71.71c. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.71c_bw.jpg)

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Tea Service: Sugar Bowl

Decorative Arts and Design

As the name of this pewter tea and coffee service indicates, Archibald Knox, the main designer for the department store Liberty & Company, drew inspiration from Celtic designs. The restrained knots and angled lines seen in this set, along with the attenuated plant forms in the work of the Glasgow School in Scotland, were hallmarks of the Art Nouveau in Great Britain. The Celtic Revival was part of the British reaction against the perceived decadence of the Art Nouveau as practiced in Continental Europe. Liberty, the leading British purveyors of both domestic and Continental Art Nouveau design, became synonymous with the style at the beginning of the century.

MAKER Liberty & Company, British, founded 1875

DESIGNER Archibald Knox, English, 1864–1933

MEDIUM Hammered pewter

DATES ca. 1903

DIMENSIONS 2 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (6.4 x 11.7 cm) (show scale)

MARKINGS Stamped on underside - "6 / MADE / IN / ENGLAND / TUDRIC / PEWTER / 0231"

SIGNATURE no signature

INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 71.71c

CREDIT LINE Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Liberty & Company (British, founded 1875). Tea Service: Sugar Bowl, ca. 1903. Hammered pewter, 2 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (6.4 x 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund, 71.71c. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.71c_bw.jpg)

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