1905 Sterling Silver Tazza London Art Deco by Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd for Joseph Jackson Lister
$2,400.00
This handmade silver tazza was undoubtedly a custom made one off piece made for Joseph Jackson Lister in 1905 by Edward Barnard & Sons of London in 1905 for Joseph Jackson Lister (1857-1927). The scientist Lister was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and appointed Demonstrator in Animal Morphology (1881) and later Senior Lecturer in Animal Morphology (1892).
This large tazza is firstly engraved with the arms of Lister: Ermine, on a fess invected Sable three mullets of six points Argent, the crest a stag's head erased Proper. What really sets this tazza above the others is the exquisite repousse work which is among the most intriguing I've ever seen in English silversmithing. To make it highly personal and in a nod to Lister's roles as both a zoologist and plant collector who collected biological specimens during travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific region, the broad rim includes elaborate and rare flowers. These plants are well-figured and represent the exotic flora Lister may have encountered through the eyes of a London silver worker. Also on the rim are three animals: the stag (important to the Lister family), the now extinct Barbary lion that lived in the forested hills and mountains between Ouarsenis in the west to the Chelif River plains in the north and the Pic de Taza in the east, and the dromedary (both an homage to his travels in Algeria). This is the first object of English silver that I have encountered with the dromedary.
The tazza was made just a few years after Lister was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity) in 1900. It was made several years after he served as the naturalist on board HMS Egeria in two cruises, one to Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), the fauna of which he was the first to investigate, and another in the Pacific amongst the Tonga, Union, and Phoenix Islands, and the Seychelles.
Hallmarked on the rim (slightly rubbed) for Edward Barnard and Sons, London, Sterling, and 'k' (1905).
The size is commanding at 3.5" tall and 15.75" across the rim. Condition is very good with no significant issues noted
Weight: just over 1,300 grams
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This handmade silver tazza was undoubtedly a custom made one off piece made for Joseph Jackson Lister in 1905 by Edward Barnard & Sons of London in 1905 for Joseph Jackson Lister (1857-1927). The scientist Lister was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and appointed Demonstrator in Animal Morphology (1881) and later Senior Lecturer in Animal Morphology (1892).
This large tazza is firstly engraved with the arms of Lister: Ermine, on a fess invected Sable three mullets of six points Argent, the crest a stag's head erased Proper. What really sets this tazza above the others is the exquisite repousse work which is among the most intriguing I've ever seen in English silversmithing. To make it highly personal and in a nod to Lister's roles as both a zoologist and plant collector who collected biological specimens during travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific region, the broad rim includes elaborate and rare flowers. These plants are well-figured and represent the exotic flora Lister may have encountered through the eyes of a London silver worker. Also on the rim are three animals: the stag (important to the Lister family), the now extinct Barbary lion that lived in the forested hills and mountains between Ouarsenis in the west to the Chelif River plains in the north and the Pic de Taza in the east, and the dromedary (both an homage to his travels in Algeria). This is the first object of English silver that I have encountered with the dromedary.
The tazza was made just a few years after Lister was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity) in 1900. It was made several years after he served as the naturalist on board HMS Egeria in two cruises, one to Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), the fauna of which he was the first to investigate, and another in the Pacific amongst the Tonga, Union, and Phoenix Islands, and the Seychelles.
Hallmarked on the rim (slightly rubbed) for Edward Barnard and Sons, London, Sterling, and 'k' (1905).
The size is commanding at 3.5" tall and 15.75" across the rim. Condition is very good with no significant issues noted
Weight: just over 1,300 grams
Check out some of my other English sterling silver holloware here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=6409956
Or just browse around the shop!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP
This handmade silver tazza was undoubtedly a custom made one off piece made for Joseph Jackson Lister in 1905 by Edward Barnard & Sons of London in 1905 for Joseph Jackson Lister (1857-1927). The scientist Lister was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and appointed Demonstrator in Animal Morphology (1881) and later Senior Lecturer in Animal Morphology (1892).
This large tazza is firstly engraved with the arms of Lister: Ermine, on a fess invected Sable three mullets of six points Argent, the crest a stag's head erased Proper. What really sets this tazza above the others is the exquisite repousse work which is among the most intriguing I've ever seen in English silversmithing. To make it highly personal and in a nod to Lister's roles as both a zoologist and plant collector who collected biological specimens during travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific region, the broad rim includes elaborate and rare flowers. These plants are well-figured and represent the exotic flora Lister may have encountered through the eyes of a London silver worker. Also on the rim are three animals: the stag (important to the Lister family), the now extinct Barbary lion that lived in the forested hills and mountains between Ouarsenis in the west to the Chelif River plains in the north and the Pic de Taza in the east, and the dromedary (both an homage to his travels in Algeria). This is the first object of English silver that I have encountered with the dromedary.
The tazza was made just a few years after Lister was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science for the benefit of humanity) in 1900. It was made several years after he served as the naturalist on board HMS Egeria in two cruises, one to Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), the fauna of which he was the first to investigate, and another in the Pacific amongst the Tonga, Union, and Phoenix Islands, and the Seychelles.
Hallmarked on the rim (slightly rubbed) for Edward Barnard and Sons, London, Sterling, and 'k' (1905).
The size is commanding at 3.5" tall and 15.75" across the rim. Condition is very good with no significant issues noted
Weight: just over 1,300 grams
Check out some of my other English sterling silver holloware here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=6409956
Or just browse around the shop!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP