Silver, abalone

H  3.30cm (1.30 in)  |  W  9.40cm (3.70 in)

Probably for securing a cloak, hence its large size & brass pin

Literature
Illustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, p. 116
Elyse Zorn Karlin, Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition, 1993, p. 92 "Charles Rennie Mackintosh recommended Edgar Simson to Josef Hoffman of the Wiener Werkstatte when Mackintosh was unable to fill a request himself"
cf. The Glasgow Style, Gerald & Celia Larner, 1979, pl. 190
Rolende van Strydonck de Burkel, Le Bijou Art Nouveau en Europe, 1998, illustrated p. 77
Lenton Times, Issue 29 illustrated p.11

Ref No   7319

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