Jewellery by Design: The Collection of Dr Anne Shannon, An Academic Eye - 31st October 2018
Lot 133
A silver gilt and blue enamel butterfly brooch by Child & Child
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £5800
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Description
A silver gilt and blue enamel butterfly brooch by Child & Child, c1905, the wings finely engraved with veins and decorated with shaded blue enamel (fine hairline cracks) the body set with demantoid garnets, maker's mark to reverse, 6cm wide, fitted Child & Child case
Literature: for a similar pendant see CARRUTHERS, C. & GREENSTED, M., Simplicity & Splendour, Arts & Crafts: Objects from the Cheltenham Collections, fig. 90
Accompanied by original purchase receipt from Tadema Gallery dated 23rd December 1997