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Benney relies on strong geometric forms which in the 1950s incorporated an increasing use of attenuated shapes and showed some degree of Scandinavian influence.  From the early 1960s, there was a return to a more formal, geometric and symmetrical element in his work which has usually been enriched by a textured surface and occasionally, deep, lustrous enamel.  His enamel work developed from the experience passed on to him by Berger Beigersen, the master enameller from the now extinct firm of Burch Korrodi of Zurich.  He first discovered the appeal of the textured surface in 1956 as a result of a workshop accident and since the 1960s, it has become very much a trademark of his work.  It is interesting to compare a Martini jug and six tankards designed by Benney and produced in pewter by Viners in 1958 which also uses a soft textured decoration as its main decorative element, thus illustrating that the craft of silversmithing had a direct and interdependent relationship with his activities as an industrial designer. The value of this relationship has been strongly stressed by his contemporary, Robert Welch who has equally successfully worked in both disciplines throughout his career and wrote in his book Hand and Machine (London 1985) “that each area can enrich each other to very important degree.”","physicalDescription":"The body, of bulbous outline with an everted rim, swells outwards towards the base and then returns to meet the foot  which is embellished with two concentric lines infilled with black enamel.  The spout, an everted lip lies opposite the handle which is a plain, 'C' shaped casting, soldered to the wall of the vessel.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Benney, Gerald CBE RDI","id":"A7486"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Royal Selangor International SDN BHD","id":"C323"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pewter","id":"AAT10979"},{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"}],"techniques":[{"text":"soldering","id":"AAT53949"},{"text":"inlaid","id":"AAT53850"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Lead free pewter (95% pure tin, 3% copper, 2% antimony), cast and trimmed on a lathe, the components, soldered, the foot inlaid with black enamel.  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