Jewellery & Watches - 19th July 2018

Lot 1039

Two satsuma ware silver brooches by H.G. Murphy

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £380

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Description

Two satsuma ware silver brooches by H.G. Murphy, maker's mark HGM and The Falcon Studio's mark, 4.1cm diameter, and two circular abalone shell brooches within ropetwist scallop-edged silver border, 5.5cm diameter

Provenance: H.G. Murphy (1884-1939), and thence by descent to the present owner

illustrated in Atterbury, P., and Benjamin, J., The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, page 41