$10,455
Arts and Crafts Enamel, Fire Opal, and Freshwater Pearl Dog Collar, probably England, c. 1905, designed as four polychrome champleve enamel peacocks with silver paillons interspersed stylized wirework blossoms bezel-set with cabochon fire opals and highlighted by pearls, counter-enameled, joined by strands of trace link chain, gold mount, lg. 13 1/4 and wd. 1 7/8 in., unsigned. Exhibitions: The Pre-Raphaelite Era 1848-1914, Delaware Art Museum, item 6:41, April 12-June 6, 1976. Note: The Delaware Art Museum curators of the 1976 exhibition were of the opinion that this dog collar was "almost certainly designed by C.R. Ashbee." Around 1900, Ashbee began producing more formal pieces, having taken on a number of trained jewelers and enamellists to execute his designs. Records show that Ashbee designed about a dozen brooches and pendants with the peacock theme in the early 1900s. At the same time, according to Alan Crawford's work on Ashbee, Guild of Handicraft documentation does not refer to any dog collars. Also, though Ashby's jewelry from this period was indeed less austere in color harmony, and more sumptuous in the use of gold wirework and gemstones, these stylistic features can also be generally applied to a number of makers in England at the time. Literature: This dog collar appears in Twentieth Century British Jewellery from 1900 to 1980, by Peter Hinks, p.49, as work attributed to Alfred Edward Jones (1879-1954). A.E. Jones was a student at the Birmingham Vittori Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-03-21
