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BRAD PITT KNOX COLLECTION
LIBERTY & CO
A `CYMRIC' ENAMELLED SILVER CUP AND COVER, DESIGNED BY ARCHIBALD KNOX, BIRMINGHAM, 1900

“This circular bowl with enamelled blue and green waves and dots between, supported by a central flared tubular stem surrounded by four branched struts, domed circular base, the conical cover with bead finial.”  (Sotheby’s)

“This well recorded and exhibited piece exemplifies Knox's work in the first years of the 20th century. By 1900 Knox's designs began to move away from the reproduction of Celtic motifs and instead derived inspiration from them to create more abstract designs. As a result his work from this later period displays a greater simplicity and refinement.”
(Sotheby’s)

“Featured in the first Cymric Silver Catalogue 1899 for a price of £15.15s. Only 12 known pieces, hand made. A variety of colour changes, blues, greens to violets. It is the only item that was positively attributed to Knox, Liberty having been forced to do so by Der Moderne Stil in 1903 if he wanted it included.  DMS required the name of the designer. The Japanese influence in terms of the pagoda like cover and the wave design of the enamel, similar to Japanese wood block prints. I suspect that Knox was influenced by Liberty's involvement in promulgating that style in the earlier decades.”  Dr. Stephen Martin 2008

“Another version exhibited:
The Liberty Style, 12 June 1999-28 May 2000, Japan, 1999, pp.102 & 178, no.102, the collection of Mr Brad Pitt

Liberty's 1875-1975 - An Exhibition to Mark the Firm's Centenary, July-October 1975, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, p.56, cat. no. D73, private collection.
Birmingham Gold and Silver 1773-1973, 28 July-16 September, City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1973, G36, lent anonymously.”

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