Gilded silver, enamel

H  12.50cm (4.92 in)  |  W  8.70cm (3.43 in)

Mounted in gilded silver for wear as a brooch, pendant or waist-clasp. The Aesthetic Movements taste for Japonisme is graphically illustrated in this monumental design
In a critique of Frampton's work in enamels, which describes & illustrates this jewel, executed for his wife, The Studio comments: 'It was in despair of providing Mrs Frampton with really artistically effective ornaments that Mr Frampton was struck with the idea of himself producing these entirely in enamel'. ‘Jewellery and other Enamel Work by G.J. Frampton, A.R.A.’, in The Studio, vol. 16, no. 71, February 1899, pp. 249-52, illustrated p. 250]
One of the three is in the collection of the City Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham

Literature

The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, 1999, Handbook, Published in association with Harpers & Queen, Silver, Jewellery & Objects of Vertu, Tadema Gallery, Stand 21, illustrated p. 264.
Art Nouveau Jewellery, Arnoldsche & Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim 1999, p.64-78 about GaillardVictor Arwas, Art Nouveau in Britain, from Mackintosh to Liberty, 2000, Andreas Papadakis, Illustrated p.147

Collections
Acquired by the National Museums Scotland

Ref No   2333

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