Tea Service: Creamer
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
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.
Caption
Liberty & Company British, founded 1875; Archibald Knox English, 1864–1933. Tea Service: Creamer, ca. 1903. Hammered pewter, 2 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (7 x 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund, 71.71d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.71d_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Maker
Designer
Title
Tea Service: Creamer
Date
ca. 1903
Medium
Hammered pewter
Classification
Dimensions
2 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (7 x 11.7 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
Stamped on underside - "6 / MADE / IN / ENGLAND / TUDRIC / PEWTER / 02231".
Credit Line
Alfred T. and Caroline S. Zoebisch Fund
Accession Number
71.71d
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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