Gold, plique-à-jour enamel & opal

H  8.00cm (3.15 in)  |  W  9.50cm (3.74 in)

An extremely beautiful unrecorded Diadem by Archibald Knox.
The fiery central opal is set amongst gold entrelacs of flowers and foliage enriched with superb plique-à-jour enamel.
The reverse is embossed with a butterfly motif.
This is a metamorphic jewel being adjustable to both a diadem and a decorative comb.

Exhibitions
Exhibited at the exhibition: “Jewellery. materials craft art” at the National Museum Zurich from 19.05.2017 – 22.10.2017

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, cat. no. 490

Ref No   6893