AN ENAMELED SILVER AND TURQUOISE FLAGON

Archibald Knox, for Liberty & Co., 1901

with two turquoise cabochons on body and one turquoise cabochon on thumb-piece

11in. (29.9cm.) high

engraved V&S 1908 on body, stamped with mark for Liberty & Co., hallmark for Birmingham, English silver standard mark, date letter b and CYMRIC beneath base, stamped with English silver standard mark and date letter b on thumb-piece

PROVENANCE

Kurland.Zabar, New York

LITERATURE

Stephen A. Martin, ed., Archibald Knox, 1995, pp. 6 and 104

EXHIBITED

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.