Modern Silver Cruet Set and Bottle Holder

A modern silver cruet set and bottle holder. The cubed shaped design with stamped and pierced decoration. The salt and pepper pots with screw-off bases with bayonet fittings.

By Keith Tyssen, Sheffield, 1971 - 1972.

Dimensions:

The Bottle Holder 102 mm high.
The salt and pepper 51 mm square.

See: 'Designer British Silver' by John Andrew and Derek Styles, page 472, for similar examples.

KEITH TYSSEN studied Art and Design from 1950 to 1955 achieving a 1st class Hons, National Diploma in Design, in Silversmithing from Sheffield College of Arts and Crafts. He then did Postgraduate Studies at the Royal College of Art under Prof. Robert Goodden 1957 to 1960. From 1960 he taught in Sheffield. Following his retirement from a career in Higher Education and many stimulating years teaching aspects of 3-D Design with Silversmithing and Jewellery, plus 16 less enjoyable years as the Head of Design Department at Sheffield Hallam University, Keith has joyfully returned to pursue his passion for design and carefully producing useful artefacts in silver and in other metals, for Companies, Public Institutions, Religious Groups and for private Collectors, both to commission and via exhibitions.

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This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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