Arts & Crafs teapot by Christopher Dresser Benham & Froud London

Superb copper and wood teapot;
A screw is missing from the handle (easy to find).
Christopher Dresser, born July 4, 1834 in Glasgow, Scotland - died November 24, 1904 in Mulhouse, Alsace, France, was, along with William Morris, one of the most important British designers of the Victorian era.
His creations cover a wide range of the decorative arts: tapestry, textiles, furniture, objects in metal, glass, wood, wallpaper and ceramics.
Contrary to the fashion of the time, and later to the credo of Art Nouveau, Dresser created functional objects whose aesthetic success lay in their novelty of form and utility, rather than in their intricate ornamentation, which led him to reject superfluous decorative motifs. This tendency towards purity is particularly evident in his metal objects and glass and metal creations. It was certainly this "utilitarian" approach, this search for purity in form, that led him to accept and seek industrial production of his creations in collaboration with at least thirty British firms, including Elkington & Company, the Old Hall Earthenware Company, the Coalbrookdale Company, J.W.& C. Ward, Hukin & Heath, William Ault's, Benham and Froud, William Couper, Heath & Middleton, WW. Harrison & Co, Deakin & Moore.
Total height with wrought iron 1.42 m.
Master stamp HT