EDWARD SPENCER (1873 - 1938)
Superb Arts & Crafts Ring
EDWARD SPENCER (1873 - 1938)
Superb Arts & Crafts Ring
Gold, diamonds, pearl
H 0.90cm (0.35 in) | W 2.00cm (0.79 in)
Origin | British, c. 1905 |
Case | Ring Case |
Ring Size | |UK: P| |
Condition | Very good |
Weight | 6.90 Grams |
A beautiful gold Arts & Crafts ring by Edward Spencer for the Artificers' Guild.
Old cut diamonds 0.40 cts approx with natural grey pearl
Provenance
The Artificers' Guild archive, in the Collection of Goldsmiths' Hall, where a detailed drawing is annotated SC670 for a variant version in gold and amethyst
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. 334
cf. Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition, Elyse Zorn Karlin, 1993
Designers for the Artificers' Guild included:
John Houghton Bonnor, John Paul Cooper, Edward Spencer & Henry Wilson
Ref No 6112
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