Jewellery by Design: The Collection of Dr Anne Shannon, An Academic Eye - 31st October 2018
Lot 215
An Arts & Crafts silver enamel and turquoise brooch attributed to C.R.Ashbee for The Guild of...
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1100
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Description
An Arts & Crafts silver enamel and turquoise brooch attributed to C.R.Ashbee for The Guild of Handicraft, c1900, the four petal flower decorated with translucent blue enamel set with a central turquoise cabochon matrix in beaded border, suspending three lines of silver chain with turquoise finials, silver tendril decoration, 7.2cm high
Literature: For a similar pendant see ARWAS, V., Art Nouveau in Britain: From Mackintosh to Liberty, The Birth of a Style, p.147
For a similar brooch, see The Studio, Issue 18 (1899): 124
Accompanied by original purchase receipt from Tadema Gallery dated 10th December 1997.