c1900 Arts and Crafts silver and turquoise brooch most likely a design by Murrle Bennett for Liberty & Co

£80.00

A hand-crafted gem of a piece c1900-Anglo German Arts and Crafts

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A beautiful, small hand crafted brooch, which is most likely an Anglo German piece made for Liberty & Co by Murrle Bennett. It carries a 4 digit design number “1422” and also bears three letters-probably for the actual maker of the piece. It looks like either “oht” or “ohf”. Perhaps this was a trial piece.

It is typical c1900 Jugendstil / Arts and Crafts styling with faux rivets and planished work. Set with a central turquoise stone, it may be a small piece but is very intricate. You can see the circular hammered relief work, and then at each side of the stone-these have been made heart-shaped by the maker. Flip over the brooch and you can see every indentation made by its creator.

It retains its original pin and C clasp and measures a touch under 4cm by approx 1.4cm. A lovely thing, the design of which I have never seen before.

I will send by Signed For in a new box as the box in the images is for display purposes only. Thank you!