Silver, gold, opals, pink tourmalines, pearls and emerald paste.

H  7.10cm (2.80 in)  |  W  6.90cm (2.72 in)

This Triangular Corsage Brooch 'Loves Garland' by Arthur Gaskin and his wife Georgie is a fine example of their romantic Arts & Crafts jewelry.

Provenance
From the collection of Laurence W. Hodson (1863-1933), thence by descent.

Exhibitions
Exhibited: “Jewellery. materials craft art” at the National Museum Zurich from 19.05.2017 – 22.10.2017
Exhibited 'Arthur and Georgie Gaskin', City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham 11 February - 21 March 1982. Item G40 in the exhibition catalogue and illustrated on page 86.

Literature
The catalogue entry states this piece was previously exhibited at W.T Whitely 'The Arts and Crafts' Society Exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1912, where it was illustrated in 'The Studio vol LVII and priced at £12 12s 0d. The original pencil drawing for this piece is in the 'Drawing Book' by Arthur and Georgie Gaskin (Victoria and Albert Museum ref: E 672709 1969), where all the stones in the piece are labelled, showing that the missing drop was an opal which we have reinstated.
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, The Power of Love: Jewels, Romance and Eternity, London 2019, illustrated p. 110
Illustrated in our book: Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith,
Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, cat. no. 409

Ref No   7964

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