Jewellery by Design: The Collection of Dr Anne Shannon, An Academic Eye - 31st October 2018
Lot 130
Two silver gilt and blue enamel butterfly brooched by Child & Child
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £3800
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Description
Two silver gilt and blue enamel butterfly brooched by Child & Child, c1905, the wings finely engraved with veins and decorated with shaded blue enamel, maker's mark to reverse, 2.7 and 3cm wide
Literature: for a similar brooch see CARRUTHERS, C. & GREENSTED, M., Simplicity & Splendour, Arts & Crafts: Objects from the Cheltenham Collections, fig. 82
Accompanied by a copy of the purchase receipt from Sarah Groombridge, London dated 16th November 1999