Jewellery by Design: The Collection of Dr Anne Shannon, An Academic Eye - 31st October 2018

Lot 208

An Arts & Crafts pearl and gold ring

Estimate £1,200 - £1,500 | Hammer £2600

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Description

An Arts & Crafts pearl and gold ring, attributed to Henry Wilson, c1900, designed as a kneeling angelic figure above two pearls with seed pearls and entwined openwork gold shoulders on reeded gold hoop, size S

Literature: a similar example is illustatrated in KARLIN.E. Z.,, Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition (1993), p.102

Volume of Wilson's own jewellery design (V&A Dept of Prints & Drawings E669)

Accompanied by original purchase receipt from Tadema Gallery dated 11th June 2008.