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Country of Origin
England
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Dated
c. 1880
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Dimensions
9.40inch wide
11.80inch high
(23.88 cm wide 29.97 cm high)
Condition
Condition report on request.
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Description / Expertise
A novelty silver plated lemon squeezer by Hukin & Heath. Central squeezer with simulated lemon textured surface, with separate compartments to hold lemons, soda bottles, glasses and stirring sticks.
Registration and patent marks displayed.
The design for this lemon squueezer was first registered in 1887 by Hukin & Heath, manufacturing silversmiths and electroplaters first established in Birmingham. Jonathan Wilson Hukin and John Thomas Heath entered their first marks in London in 1879 giving the firm's addresses as Imperial Works, Great Charles Street, Birmingham, and 19 Charterhouse Street, London. Hukin retired in 1881 but the firm continued as Hukin & Heath with J.T. Heath in partnership with John Hartshorne and in 1904 it became a limited liability company.
Hukin & Heath are best known for their silver and plated goods produced in the 1870's and 1880's, many of which were made to the designs of Dr. Christopher Dresser. They also made many other unusual domestic items such as monkey cruet stands and wares mounted in elephant tusks. They encouraged young designers such as Benjamin Creswick and, in the 1920's and 1930's, Arthur Edward Harvey.
