A Kate Harris art nouveau silver sauce boat

Price: £850

For sale is this really great Kate Harris silver sauce boat made by William Hutton & Sons, in this case retailed and assayed for Laurence Connell. Dated London 1904. The design exemplifies Harris at her best.  The sauce boat is of wonderfully sleek modern design, with a geometric cross foot and then a delicate art nouveau thumb piece of mistletoe leaves to the handle. In excellent condition.  Many many years ago I failed to buy a pair of these and my regret has finally been extinguised!

Kate Harris was employed by the London studio of William Hutton & Sons to produce artistic silver from 1899 to c 1905. Harris was one of the very few women, or British exhibitors, to win recognition at the 1900 Paris International Exhibition.

For more information on Kate Harris, see Professor Stephen Pudney’s articles on her in the Decorative Arts Society Journal Vol 22 “A marriage of art and commerce: Kate Harris and the arts and crafts silverware of William Hutton & Sons” and Vol 39 “Katie Harris: Mystery Woman of English Art Nouveau”.

Maker: William Hutton & Sons
Designer: Kate Harris
Date: 1904
Marks: LGC , London, “i”
Material: Sterling silver
Condition: Excellent
Size: 8.75 cm wide, 17.5 cm long, 6 cm high
Weight: 4.0 oz, 112 grams