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Rose Bowl

A work made of silver, enamel, and turquoise.

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  • A work made of silver, enamel, and turquoise.

Date:

1902

Artist:

Designed by Archibald Knox
English, 1864-1933
Made by Liberty & Co.
England, founded 1875

About this artwork

This bowl, which would have functioned as a centerpiece, is arguably the most important work designed by the Arts and Crafts artist Archibald Knox. Produced for the fashionable and innovative London department store Liberty and Company, the Rosebowl incorporates Celtic motifs characteristic of Knox’s work and inspired by his childhood on the Isle of Man. Knox designed over 400 individual works—including clocks, biscuit tins, and tea sets—for Liberty’s Tudric (pewter) and Cymric (silver hollowware and jewelry) lines. The only example produced, this Rosebowl, part of Knox’s Cymric line, represents the height of his achievement in silver. Early in his career, Knox trained under the designer Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, at one time a fellow resident of the Isle of Man, and worked for Christopher Dresser.

Status

On View, Gallery 246

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Archibald Knox

Title

Rose Bowl

Place

England (Object made in)

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1902

Medium

Silver, enamel, and turquoise

Dimensions

H. 19.1 × maxdiam. of bowl 35.2 cm (H. 7 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.) width with handles 41.9 cm (16 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Promised gift of Crab Tree Farm Foundation

Reference Number

94.2008

Extended information about this artwork

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