A SILVER AND COLORED STONE CHALICE

Archibald Knox, for Liberty & Co., 1903

with green coloured stone

9in. (22.9cm.) high

stamped with mark for Liberty & Co., hallmark for Birmingham, English silver standard mark and date letter d on side, stamped 265 beneath base

PROVENANCE

Sotheby's, London, about 1967

John Jesse, London

LITERATURE

Victoria & Albert Museum, Liberty's 1875-1975, 1975, p. 61, fig. D 94; Stephen A. Martin, ed., Archibald Knox, 1995, cover and p. 79

EXHIBITED

London, England, Victoria & Albert Museum, Liberty's 1875-1975, July-October 1975

Chicago, Illinois, The David & Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Archibald Knox 1864-1933: Liberty of London Designer and Master of British Art Nouveau, February 12-April 19, 1998

Photograph and description courtesy of Christie’s.