An Arts & Crafts silver, blue enamel and turquoise brooch, with gold bead highlights, designed as a stylised flower, by Charles Robert Ashby for the Guild of Handicraft.
The brooch has a hidden surmount to the reverse to be worn as a pendant.
A very similar design by C.R. Ashbee can be seen in Elyse Zorn Karlin (2004) ‘Jewellery & Metalwork in the Arts and Crafts Tradition’, 2nd Revised Edition, page 119.
Marks:
Apparently unmarked with regard metal or maker.
Date:
Circa 1900.
Length:
3.5cms.
Condition:
General slight surface marks in keeping with wear.
One turquoise chipped.
One turquoise with fine crack and associated nicks.
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Our primary concern is that you are pleased with your purchase. Please feel free to ask as many questions as you like about a product before clicking purchase. We appreciate patina and the ‘age’ that older pieces acquire, because of this we do not polish pieces to strip away the age (though your local jeweller may be willing to do this for you for a small fee). Secondhand, vintage and antique pieces will naturally show scratches and small marks, these will often appear more noticeable in the enlarged images that we have made available for you. Our images are as realistic as they can be. Although any appreciable defects/damages will be mentioned please do inspect the images as they do form a part of the condition report.
Antique items may longer not be suitable for everyday wear or may benefit from thoughtful consideration when worn with care.
An Arts & Crafts silver, blue enamel and turquoise brooch, with gold bead highlights, designed as a stylised flower, by Charles Robert Ashby for the Guild of Handicraft.
The brooch has a hidden surmount to the reverse to be worn as a pendant.
A very similar design by C.R. Ashbee can be seen in Elyse Zorn Karlin (2004) ‘Jewellery & Metalwork in the Arts and Crafts Tradition’, 2nd Revised Edition, page 119.
Marks:
Apparently unmarked with regard metal or maker.
Date:
Circa 1900.
Length:
3.5cms.
Condition:
General slight surface marks in keeping with wear.
One turquoise chipped.
One turquoise with fine crack and associated nicks.
By clicking to ‘Purchase’ you agree to having read the Important Information for Purchasers.
Our primary concern is that you are pleased with your purchase. Please feel free to ask as many questions as you like about a product before clicking purchase. We appreciate patina and the ‘age’ that older pieces acquire, because of this we do not polish pieces to strip away the age (though your local jeweller may be willing to do this for you for a small fee). Secondhand, vintage and antique pieces will naturally show scratches and small marks, these will often appear more noticeable in the enlarged images that we have made available for you. Our images are as realistic as they can be. Although any appreciable defects/damages will be mentioned please do inspect the images as they do form a part of the condition report.
Antique items may longer not be suitable for everyday wear or may benefit from thoughtful consideration when worn with care.