Jewellery by Design: The Collection of Dr Anne Shannon, An Academic Eye - 31st October 2018
Lot 226
An Arts & Crafts silver and gem-set necklace attributed to Edward Spencer and John Houghton...
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1900
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Description
An Arts & Crafts silver and gem-set necklace attributed to Edward Spencer and John Houghton Maurice Bonnor for the Artificer's Guild, c1900, the series of open work roundels with irregular rock crystal drops, suspended below a silver multi-gem-set pendant, the centre embossed in gold with the design of a figure crouching and holding a bow, necklace 38cm long, pendant 6.5cm long
Literature: illustrated KARLIN,E.Z., Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition(1993), p.95
Accompanied by original purchase receipt from Didier Antiques 25th February 1998.