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Pendant
Gaskin, Georgie Cave, born 1868 - died 1934 - Enlarge image
Pendant
- Place of origin:
Birmingham (made)
- Date:
ca. 1920 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Gaskin, Georgie Cave, born 1868 - died 1934 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silver, opals, pink tourmalines, glass
- Museum number:
CIRC.223-1921
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery, case 29, shelf B
Arthur and Georgie Gaskin were a husband and wife team known for their Arts and Crafts style jewellery. They had both studied at the Birmingham School of Art and went on to establish a workshop which was admired for producing elegant, hand-made pieces in a city geared to the machine-production of jewellery on an industrial scale.
Describing how they worked, Georgie wrote ‘I did all the designing & he did all the enamel, and we both executed the work with our assistants.’ Their jewellery was mainly in silver and like this pendant was characterised by designs of closely-packed leaves and flowers sprinkled with gemstones. Between 1902 and 1924 Arthur was also head of the Birmingham School for Silversmiths and Jewellers.
