Fine Jewellery - 18th April 2019
Lot 1219
A silver and enamel pendant attributed to Jessie M King
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400
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Description
A silver and enamel pendant attributed to Jessie M King, for Liberty, c1900, enamelled in blue and green #(damaged) on an embossed frame, decorated with flowerheads and similarly enamelled quatrefoil finials, with a baroque pearl drop, green counter enamel, on fine-link silver chain, pendant 6.5cm wide, chain 43cm long
Literature: for a similar pendant, see ARWAS, V., Art Nouveau in Britain: From Mackintosh to Liberty, The Birth of a Style, p.22
A similar example is illustrated: KARLIN,E.Z., Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition(1993), p140