A Kate Harris pair of large silver salts
Price range: £1,250
A striking pair of large silver arts and crafts salts by Kate Harris. Hallmarked for Alston’s & Hallam, and dated London 1902. Alston’s and Hallam’s were a leading retail jeweller silver shop trading from 69 Cornhill. These salts would have been made by William Hutton & Sons.
These salts have all the characteristics of Kate Harris who designed for William Hutton & Sons and whose work is known to have been retailed under others sponsor mark. Original Powell glass liners.
I have only seen one other pair to this design which were one of the first ever items I sold as a dealer some ten years. A favourite of mine, that pair are in one of the world’s great private Kate Harris collections.
Maker: William Hutton & Sons for Alston & Hallam
Designer: Kate Harris
Date : 1902
Marks: A&H, London, date letter “g”
Material: Sterling silver, Powell glass
Condition: Excellent
Size: 13cm diameter across handles, 6.0 cm high
Weight : 65 grams, 2.3 oz each (excl liners)
Additional Information
Kate Harris was employed the London studio of William Hutton & Sons to produce artistic silver from 1899 to c 1905. Her work is often hallmarked for Goldsmiths and Silversmiths who were retailers as well as manufacturers. See Dr Stephen Pudney’s article on Kate Harris 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”. By the same author “Connell’s of Cheapside, Pioneers of Artistic Silverware”, Silver Society Journal 1999.
| Period | Art nouveau, Arts and crafts |
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