JOHN HAUGHTON MAURICE BONNOR (1875 - 1917)
The St Wenefride Necklace
JOHN HAUGHTON MAURICE BONNOR (1875 - 1917)
The St Wenefride Necklace
Silver, gold, enamel, opals
H 4.80cm (1.89 in) | W 4.80cm (1.89 in)
| Origin | Welsh, c. 1905 |
| Case | Fitted Case |
| Condition | Very good |
A rare example of a documented Arts & Crafts necklace representing the Welsh Saint Winifred.
There are few Arts & Crafts examples associated with Wales. The foremost designer being William Burges. This example of St Winifred the Welsh beheaded Saint by Bonnor adds to the few examples extant of Welsh high end Arts & Crafts.
Provenance
This necklace has been painted by his sister Rose Bonnor in a painting entitled 'The Solace of Our Labors' With thanks to Muriel Wilson for her research.
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, cat. no. 299
Jewellery History Today, Issue 21, Autumn 2014, ISSN 2042-8529, The news letter of The Society of Jewellery Historians, illustrated cover & p. 6-7.
Muriel Wilson, John Houghton Maurice Bonnor (1875-1917) A little known designer of the Arts and Crafts Movement, The Decorative Arts Society, 1850 to the present, Arts & Crafts Issue, Journal 28 - 2004, pp.109-125.
Collections
Acquired by The National Museum of Wales
Ref No 8151
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