FREDERICK JAMES PARTRIDGE 1877-1942
Guild of Handicraft Serpent Hair Pin

Silver with plique-a-jour enamel & opals

The silver base unscrews to facilitate fitting

Length: 22cm  Width: 6.5cm

English.  Circa 1900.  Fitted case

Literature: cf. The Art Workers’ Quarterly, July 1904, pl. no. 2
Silver Jewelry Designs, Nancy N. Schiffer, 1996, illustrated p.49
Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition, Elyse Zorn Karlin, 1993, p.87
The Guild of Handicraft Limited, Silversmiths & Jewellers by Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen, p.78

All Photographs © David Newell-Smith