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Another interesting detail is the open curving shape of the handles.\r\n\r\nEric Clements died on the 22 November 2019, aged 94.\r\n\r\nThe designer, Eric Clements (b.1925), executed a number of ceremonial commissions throughout a distinguished career as an industrial designer and teacher. He was a consultant designer for Mappin & Webb Ltd, the firm which made this piece. The electroplate process used for this piece involves covering a base-metal form with a thin layer of silver by electro-deposition.","physicalDescription":"The tall, bulbous body resting on a circular base has a high waist, the top flared with an undulating rim, rising to meet the small curved spout at the font. The scroll handle of ebonised wood, swells in the middle and reduces towards the top which curves inwards.  It is attached to the body by a flared socket at the belly of the vessel.  The domed lid, detachable, rests inside the rim on an internal lip, has a moulded rim,a deep flange and is surmounted by a spherical, fluted finial of ebonised wood, attached by a screw thread through the top and retained by a circular nut.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Clements, Eric","id":"A10585"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Mappin & Webb","id":"A3029"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"}],"techniques":[{"text":"plating","id":"AAT53991"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Electroplate","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"}],"styles":[{"text":"Modernist","id":"AAT21474"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AU9616"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"012","id":"THES407151"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"012","id":"THES407151"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"hot water jug","id":""}],[{"text":"cover","id":"AAT197210"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Sheffield","id":"x29138"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1960","earliest":"1960-01-01","latest":"1960-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"M.18A-1988","id":"O324932"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"M.18B-1988","id":"O295886"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"M.18C-1988","id":"O324932"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"8.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"15.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Marks, stamped, Mappin and Webb, London and Sheffield.  Mappin plate, the letter U within a shield.\nW29945, regd. 898140 (1/2/3)\r\nFacsmile signature of Eric Clements","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8728"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"From a tea service. Measurements of individual pieces: hotwater jug: H 8.3  L 15.2; teapot: H 14.3  L 22.5; cream jug: H 8.8  L 11.0; sugar basin: H 8.8  L 13.2.\nEric Clements studied at the Birmingham School of Art before graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1953. Throughout his career, he has undertaken many important commissions for ceremonial silver. He was a consultant designer for Mappin & Webb as well as several Midlands light engineering firms. 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