Toast rack

Designer Christopher Dresser British, Scottish

Manufactory Hukin & Heath British

1879

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 516

Although this sophisticated toast rack has not been traced to a particular design by Dresser, it is typical of the simplistic yet inventive racks produced for him by the firm Hukin and Heath. Founded in 1855, this Birmingham-based silversmith and electroplating manufactory hired Dresser as an art advisor around 1878.

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Title: Toast rack
Designer: Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834–1904 Mulhouse)
Manufactory: Hukin & Heath (British, Birmingham, 1855–1953)
Date: 1879
Culture: British, Birmingham
Medium: Silver plate
Dimensions: confirmed: 5 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 4 in., 5.291oz. (14.6 × 17.1 × 10.2 cm, 150g)
Classification: Metalwork-Silverplate
Credit Line: Gift of Lawrence A. and Janet Y. Larose, 2021
Object Number: 2021.153.4
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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