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Carl Christopher Krall (1844-1923), a European-trained goldsmith and art metalworker, formed a partnership in 1873 with Jes Barkentin, a Danish silversmith who had previously worked for Hunt & Roskell.
Krall was a founding member with the Art Worker's Guild, established by William Morris in 1884. Krall's work reflects teh arts and crafts movement's emphasis on historical revival styles and on hand craftsmanship. Barkentin and Krall made silver to the designs of architects William Burgess, G. F. Bodley, Thomas Garner, and J.D. Sedding. Six s©xamples of church plate by this maker were included in an exhibition of chruch art at the Victoria and Albert Museum (see catalogue, Victorian Church Art, London, 1971, pp. 11, 116, 121-124, 133. See also John Culme, The Directory with Gold and
Carl Christopher Krall (1844-1923), a European-trained goldsmith and art metalworker, formed a partnership in 1873 with Jes Barkentin, a Danish silversmith who had previously worked for Hunt & Roskell.
Krall was a founding member with the Art Worker's Guild, established by William Morris in 1884. Krall's work reflects teh arts and crafts movement's emphasis on historical revival styles and on hand craftsmanship. Barkentin and Krall made silver to the designs of architects William Burgess, G. F. Bodley, Thomas Garner, and J.D. Sedding. Six s©xamples of church plate by this maker were included in an exhibition of chruch art at the Victoria and Albert Museum (see catalogue, Victorian Church Art, London, 1971, pp. 11, 116, 121-124, 133. See also John Culme, The Directory with Gold and