Jewellery & Watches - 19th July 2018
Lot 1038
Seven silver brooches by H.G. Murphy
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £750
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Description
Seven silver brooches by H.G. Murphy, including two circular brooches with ropetwist and oval-link decoration, maker's mark HGM and The Falcon Studio's mark, each 3cm wide, a niello bar brooch, maker's mark HGM and The Falcon Studio's mark, 5.2cm wide, with five other silver and gem-set brooches
Provenance: H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner
similar examples are illustrated in Atterbury, P., and Benjamin, J., The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 44