ROBERT PHILLIPS (1810 - 1881)
Mughal inspired reversible pendant
ROBERT PHILLIPS (1810 - 1881)
Mughal inspired reversible pendant
Gold, enamel & pearls
H 6.60cm (2.60 in) | W 3.40cm (1.34 in)
Origin | United Kingdom, c. 1875 |
Marks | Backed Ps with Prince of Wales feathers indistinctly marked on loop |
‘Phillips of Cockspur Street’
Mughal inspired reversible pendant
Literature
llustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, p. 254
Helen Ritchie Designers & Jewellery 1850-1940, Jewellery and Metalwork from the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2018, pp. 37-43 biography
The Art of the Jeweller, A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, Volume I, p 167 and Volume II, colour plates, for revivalist examples by Phillips Brothers.
Robert Phillips was one of the most important London jewellers working in the neo-Classical and neo-Renaissance styles & had close connections with Castellani & Giuliano
Ref No 7244
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