ROBERT KRAFT (flourished 1900-1914)
‘Darmstadt’  Buckle
Alpacca with purple hardstone
Length 5.2cm  Width 8.2cm
Marked verso: ‘Alpacca’
German. Circa 1905. Fitted case.

Literature: Schmuck in Deutschland und Osterreich 1895-1914
Ulrike von Hase, p.184.
Art Nouveau Jewelry, Vivienne Becker, 1985, pl.216 & 217
Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition
Elyse Zorn Karlin, 1993, p.182.
Journal of The Decorative Arts Society no 14

‘Liberty & Co.’s “Nola” metalwork.
Art Nouveau silver jewellery from Pforzheim

by Graham Dry, p. 35.
The inspiration for this design was Professor Julius Muller-Salem’s
award-winning winged dragon brooch of 1902, which was reduced to an ornamental geometric form by Robert Kraft
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