BIRMINGHAM GUILD OF HANDICRAFT
(founded in 1890)
Art Nouveau Organic Buckle
Silver
Length: 5cm Width: 14cm
Marked: ‘BGHLd’
Hallmarked: Birmingham 1900
Probably designed by Arthur Fowler
Fitted case
Literature: cf. Jewellery 1789-1910, The International Era
Volume II, 1862-1910, page 758, plate 412 D & E
Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition
Elyse Zorn Karlin, 1993, page 115
By Hammer & Hand, The Arts & Crafts Movement in Birmingham
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery,
edited by Alan Crawford, 1984, p.100, pl.78
Exhibited
Joseph Southall,
The Fine Art Society Ltd,
London, 2006
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