Arts and Crafts - 6th October 2020
Lot 398
An early George Hunt silver and abalone shell fish brooch
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £200
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Description
An early George Hunt silver and abalone shell fish brooch, the silver cast as a large stylised scaly fish, set with large abalone shell panel, unsigned, 7.3cm. long
Provenance
George Edward Hunt, thence by descent.
Exhibited
George Edward Hunt The Silent World of an Arts and Crafts Jeweller. November-December 2006, Bonhams, page 14-15 catalogue number 13. It is suggested on stylistic grounds that this is an early piece made by George Hunt circa 1917-1918, the time he left Margaret Street and Vittoria Street Schools.