A Late 19thC Iron Stand, Designed by Christopher Dresser for Kenrick & Sons sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The fine peacock wood cane

The fine peacock wood cane terminating in a hallmarked silver handle fashioned as armadillo armour

There are no signs of worm and no structural concerns

and then in 1943

The Egyptians used it for headaches

You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people”

A Late 19thC Iron Stand, Designed by Christopher Dresser for Kenrick & Sons sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The fine peacock wood caneOrigin: English Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1884 Length: 9 inches Width: 4. 5 inches (at widest point) An ornate iron stand, cast in a stylised leaf shape, with a sophisticated array of intertwining botanical forms, typical of Dresser's style. The founders marks 'A. Kenrick & Sons, No. 8, Rd 15023' are found on the underside of the stand. The way in which Dresser here has taken a commonplace everyday object, and beautifully